Cucumber Reports (no 4155) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4155	07 Jan 2026, 08:19

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:2.176	Passed

20.210

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 6.837

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 13.291

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.836

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.587

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.798

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.152

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.235

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.293

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 6.444

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.209

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.035

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.656

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.635

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.239

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 0.742

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.493

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 6.482

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.228

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.483

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.293

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.046

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 6.568

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.485

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.762

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.223

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.562

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.554

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 0.054

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

And I start the computer 0.700

And the computer boots Tails 32.717

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.562

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.081

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 6.726

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.082

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 18.218

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.167

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 6.951

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.308

And all notifications have disappeared 3.784

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.103

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.253

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.659

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.797

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.293

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.442

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.991

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.274

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.363

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.664

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.926

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.486

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.210

And all notifications have disappeared 3.482

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.669

# 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 4.196

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.575

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.142

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.372

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.275

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.530

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.359

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.279

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.566

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.686

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.382

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.395

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 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	6:2.176	Passed

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