Cucumber Reports (no 4157) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4157	08 Jan 2026, 07:54

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:52.183	Passed

18.370

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.462

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 11.842

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.629

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.413

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 6.491

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.830

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.935

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.101

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.625

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.662

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 6.411

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.161

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.197

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.401

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.094

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.320

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.217

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 6.602

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.209

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.416

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.983

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.937

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.468

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.476

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.385

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.602

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.859

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 0.048

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.005

And I start the computer 0.699

And the computer boots Tails 31.804

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.300

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.018

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 6.497

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 18.401

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.025

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.341

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.944

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 6.451

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.185

And all notifications have disappeared 3.644

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.163

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.558

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.802

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.178

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.406

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.957

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.248

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.140

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.671

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.364

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.213

And all notifications have disappeared 3.429

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.169

# 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 3.610

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.497

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.718

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.411

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.279

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.043

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 0.073

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.379

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.088

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 6.466

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.129

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.060

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.413

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 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935

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	5:52.183	Passed

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