Cucumber Reports (no 4171) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4171	16 Jan 2026, 08:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:19.361	Passed

22.958

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 8.112

When the network is plugged 0.186

And I successfully configure Tor 14.611

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.390

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.535

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.223

When the network is plugged 0.090

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.955

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.869

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.330

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.402

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 0.002

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 "+1 day" 0.178

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.334

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.082

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.624

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.722

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.370

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.625

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 8.118

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.230

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 55.534

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.729

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.137

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:7.699

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.312

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.380

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 57.100

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.894

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.319

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.984

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 0.150

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.023

And I start the computer 1.155

And the computer boots Tails 37.296

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.358

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.542

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 8.280

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.095

When the network is plugged 0.069

And I successfully configure Tor 20.046

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.412

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.854

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 8.189

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.243

And all notifications have disappeared 4.591

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.072

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.582

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.930

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.492

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.984

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.588

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.238

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.511

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.395

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.743

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.359

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.215

And all notifications have disappeared 4.254

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.060

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.777

# 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 4.013

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.775

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.009

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.475

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.394

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.176

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.025

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.617

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.381

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.336

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.014

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.123

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088

And the network is plugged 0.059

And Tor is ready 39.265

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.473

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 0.627

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690

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	7:19.361	Passed

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