Cucumber Reports (no 4161) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4161	10 Jan 2026, 11:43

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:24.217	Passed

19.760

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 6.423

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 13.288

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.063

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 6.429

When the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.757

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.619

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.187

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.025

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 6.376

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.166

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.884

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.270

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.999

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.262

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.010

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 6.350

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.161

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 48.278

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.211

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.089

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 6.464

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.616

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.550

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.452

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.831

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 0.077

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.706

And the computer boots Tails 31.937

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.103

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.493

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 6.566

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.072

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 46.796

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.272

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 6.534

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162

And all notifications have disappeared 3.477

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.190

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.488

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.676

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.678

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.535

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.940

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.245

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.459

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.449

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.133

And all notifications have disappeared 3.629

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.630

# 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 3.965

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.608

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.536

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.418

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.250

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.240

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.259

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.584

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.210

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 6.560

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.130

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.429

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 0.296

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835

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	6:24.217	Passed

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