Cucumber Reports (no 4154) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4154	06 Jan 2026, 12:47

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:27.000	Passed

52.219

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.496

When the network is plugged 0.061

And I successfully configure Tor 43.613

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.543

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.949

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.447

When the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.467

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.648

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.264

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.010

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.641

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.260

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.447

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.356

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.045

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 1.118

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.330

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:8.467

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.544

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.287

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 58.380

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.236

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.894

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.254

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.656

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.576

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.392

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.508

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 0.205

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.023

And I start the computer 1.046

And the computer boots Tails 37.909

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.323

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.911

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.457

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.138

When the network is plugged 0.072

And I successfully configure Tor 19.185

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.421

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.142

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.382

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.821

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.053

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.378

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.787

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.180

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.760

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.062

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.403

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.191

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.230

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.529

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.336

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:26.463

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.465

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.200

And all notifications have disappeared 4.931

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.353

# 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 4.115

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.861

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.058

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.368

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.453

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.889

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.879

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.435

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.439

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

48.433

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.340

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.118

And the network is plugged 0.055

And Tor is ready 38.441

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 0.494

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.977

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	8:27.000	Passed

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