Cucumber Reports (no 4153) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4153	06 Jan 2026, 08:55

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:58.362	Passed

19.872

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.848

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 12.871

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.131

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.327

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.316

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.980

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.613

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.447

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.974

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.867

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.847

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.179

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.224

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.127

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.886

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.959

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 0.381

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.413

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.249

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 7.165

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.286

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 51.401

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.388

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.130

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.895

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 7.726

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.184

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 55.750

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.227

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.397

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.064

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.836

And the computer boots Tails 36.095

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.394

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.552

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.343

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.076

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 19.069

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.270

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.115

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.468

And all notifications have disappeared 3.554

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.077

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.674

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.743

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.353

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.902

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.635

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.111

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.267

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.090

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.962

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 6.634

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.206

And all notifications have disappeared 4.343

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.267

# 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 4.091

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.834

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.320

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.494

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.249

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.548

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.357

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.260

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.334

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.093

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.108

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 10.636

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.474

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.412

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042

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	6:58.362	Passed

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