Cucumber Reports (no 4150) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4150	05 Jan 2026, 11:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:48.503	Passed

19.203

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.441

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 12.706

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.074

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.417

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.763

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.775

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.061

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.483

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.399

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.147

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.757

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.985

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.871

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.234

Output 1

Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.558

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.333

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.470

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.154

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 45.041

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.654

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.052

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.511

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.554

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.414

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.567

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.542

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.558

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.046

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.760

And the computer boots Tails 31.701

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.489

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.093

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.477

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.083

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 17.463

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.889

Scenario I can manually recover from time sync failure when connecting automatically to obfs4 bridges with a clock East of UTC

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.452

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.143

And all notifications have disappeared 3.599

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.066

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.610

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.942

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.683

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.550

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.379

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.995

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.192

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.684

Scenario I can connect to obfs4 bridges having a clock East of UTC while hiding that I am using Tor

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.497

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.177

And all notifications have disappeared 3.448

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.160

# Anti-test: Users east of UTC can't connect to obfs4 bridges

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode without connecting 3.546

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.506

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.832

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.393

# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.274

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.004

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.236

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.289

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.130

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.445

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.074

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.265

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.327

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:48.503	Passed

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