Cucumber Reports (no 4160) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4160	09 Jan 2026, 11:36

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:57.963	Passed

19.352

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.335

When the network is plugged 0.065

And I successfully configure Tor 12.914

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.634

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.450

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.483

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.363

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.484

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.051

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.609

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.424

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.635

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.789

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.219

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.290

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.259

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.651

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.155

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.124

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.242

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.994

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.789

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.873

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 6.528

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.342

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.484

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.512

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.743

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" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.799

And the computer boots Tails 31.833

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.242

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 6.451

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.079

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 17.659

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.221

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.608

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.134

And all notifications have disappeared 3.806

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.197

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.623

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.771

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.079

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.430

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.967

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.252

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.155

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 6.586

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.226

And all notifications have disappeared 3.957

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.735

# 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 4.009

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.598

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.576

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.395

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.241

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.022

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.202

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.240

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.343

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 6.538

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.083

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 7.318

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.386

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 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.618

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	5:57.963	Passed

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