Cucumber Reports (no 4156) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4156	07 Jan 2026, 11:31

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:20.000	Passed

19.971

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 7.188

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 12.700

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.298

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.871

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.383

When the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.476

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.862

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.036

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.531

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.154

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.179

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.875

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.236

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.439

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.570

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.122

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.475

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.908

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.296

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.407

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.855

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.020

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 6.891

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.134

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 54.232

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.756

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.607

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.045

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.060

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.741

And the computer boots Tails 34.920

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.314

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.575

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.710

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 6.959

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 18.604

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.854

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 6.880

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.327

And all notifications have disappeared 3.996

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.268

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.721

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.233

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.048

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.196

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.495

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.082

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.343

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.106

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 7.250

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.323

And all notifications have disappeared 4.078

And I capture all network traffic 0.026

And the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.251

# 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 3.921

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.649

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.364

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.540

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.366

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.327

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.318

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.287

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.412

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 6.744

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.071

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.129

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.444

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 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069

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	6:20.000	Passed

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