Cucumber Reports (no 4165) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4165	14 Jan 2026, 11:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:52.946	Passed

18.259

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.478

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 11.711

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.331

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 6.480

When the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.743

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.996

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.049

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.141

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.195

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 6.415

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.209

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.906

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.637

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.734

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.235

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.188

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 6.448

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.257

And I warm reboot the computer 0.043

And the computer reboots Tails 47.917

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.522

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.052

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 6.498

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.555

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 47.549

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.443

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.584

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.073

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.112

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 0.046

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

And I start the computer 0.817

And the computer boots Tails 32.190

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.382

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.660

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

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.581

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.631

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.726

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 6.497

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 3.359

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.918

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.983

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.189

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.665

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.223

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.425

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.853

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.219

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.524

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.518

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.163

And all notifications have disappeared 3.279

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.804

# 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 4.062

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.502

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.698

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.445

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.227

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.865

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.255

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.416

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.172

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 6.448

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 9.244

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.383

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 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768

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	5:52.946	Passed

Feature Report