Cucumber Reports (no 4168) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4168	15 Jan 2026, 12:20

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:59.212	Passed

23.493

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.150

When the network is plugged 0.084

And I successfully configure Tor 15.209

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.454

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.231

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 8.013

When the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.978

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.740

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.375

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.339

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.696

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 8.173

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.189

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.090

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.986

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.734

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.775

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.692

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.317

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.453

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.082

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.280

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 56.106

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.971

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.877

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.288

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.592

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.725

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.258

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.105

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.500

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 0.177

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 1.121

And the computer boots Tails 38.819

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.356

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.031

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 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.507

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.111

When the network is plugged 0.073

And I successfully configure Tor 19.286

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.366

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.556

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.372

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.864

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.081

And the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.776

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.032

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.165

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.413

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.121

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.535

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.159

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.145

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.557

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.305

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.446

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 8.332

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.199

And all notifications have disappeared 4.693

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.060

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.187

# 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 4.527

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.894

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.109

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.472

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.432

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.148

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.186

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.599

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.385

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.342

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.926

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 8.390

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.138

And the network is plugged 0.051

And Tor is ready 9.806

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.535

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 0.509

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	6:59.212	Passed

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