Cucumber Reports (no 4158) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4158	08 Jan 2026, 12:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:11.991	Passed

22.411

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.901

When the network is plugged 0.057

And I successfully configure Tor 13.388

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.481

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.498

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.445

When the network is plugged 0.049

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.363

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.304

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.275

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.478

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.296

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 3.106

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.505

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.760

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.866

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.689

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.378

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.549

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.663

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.239

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.668

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.967

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.755

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.087

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 12.611

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.482

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 59.522

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.462

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.112

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.722

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.069

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 0.155

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

And I start the computer 1.093

And the computer boots Tails 38.426

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.370

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.112

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.608

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.620

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 8.235

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.113

When the network is plugged 0.054

And I successfully configure Tor 19.150

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.438

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.121

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.568

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.191

And all notifications have disappeared 4.548

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.106

And the network is plugged 3.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.263

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.972

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.166

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.534

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.140

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.379

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.214

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.447

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.505

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.335

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.251

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.497

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.778

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.379

# 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 4.442

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.871

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.257

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.427

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.402

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.406

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.619

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.498

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.412

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.903

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.528

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.105

And the network is plugged 0.053

And Tor is ready 9.659

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.550

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.508

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002

	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	7:11.991	Passed

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