Cucumber Reports (no 4163) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4163	13 Jan 2026, 22:32

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:55.565	Passed

18.785

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 6.470

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 12.252

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.733

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 6.427

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.265

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.974

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.998

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.141

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.474

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 6.553

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.157

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.956

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.455

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.032

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.255

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.572

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.173

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 6.471

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.186

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 47.852

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.654

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.990

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 6.532

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.448

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 47.759

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.243

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.710

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 0.130

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

And I start the computer 0.769

And the computer boots Tails 32.502

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.301

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.048

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 6.507

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.087

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 19.396

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.417

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 6.478

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.309

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.246

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.628

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.657

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.630

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.440

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.115

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.415

# 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 0.141

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.626

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 6.774

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 3.705

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.402

# 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 3.811

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.144

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.680

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.564

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.461

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.327

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.983

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.194

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.253

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.605

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 6.449

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.102

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 8.522

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.503

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 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.115

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	5:55.565	Passed

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