Cucumber Reports (no 4169) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4169	15 Jan 2026, 15:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:38.196	Passed

20.933

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.325

When the network is plugged 0.081

And I successfully configure Tor 12.481

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.537

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.405

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 9.303

When the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.026

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.063

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.889

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.390

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.406

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.387

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.179

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.695

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.915

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.353

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.756

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.328

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.811

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.936

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.208

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 44.748

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.905

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.112

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.840

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.058

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.798

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 49.402

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.568

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.666

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

44.120

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.204

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 1.122

And the computer boots Tails 42.332

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.432

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.779

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.326

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.103

When the network is plugged 0.090

And I successfully configure Tor 20.186

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.528

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.851

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.251

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 4.710

And I capture all network traffic 0.062

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.912

And the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.208

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.919

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.189

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.717

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.171

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 1.106

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.299

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.334

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.673

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.296

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.165

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.849

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.170

And all notifications have disappeared 5.390

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.816

# 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 4.174

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.234

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.934

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.195

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.359

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.434

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.295

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.544

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.482

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.491

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.883

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.099

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.133

And the network is plugged 0.055

And Tor is ready 9.099

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.490

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.697

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925

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	6:38.196	Passed

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