Cucumber Reports (no 4172) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4172	16 Jan 2026, 11:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:43.217	Passed

19.242

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 7.050

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 12.122

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.755

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.317

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.138

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.500

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.453

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.163

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.880

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.322

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.231

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.454

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.717

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.661

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.142

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.333

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 1.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.332

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 7.201

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.240

And I warm reboot the computer 0.024

And the computer reboots Tails 50.152

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.714

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.606

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.150

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 7.328

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.830

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 50.325

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.651

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.678

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 0.072

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

And I start the computer 0.794

And the computer boots Tails 34.463

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.340

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.767

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 7.659

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.075

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.978

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:27.066

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 7.035

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.193

And all notifications have disappeared 3.489

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.771

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.781

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.153

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.887

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.193

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.383

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.559

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.388

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.475

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 7.025

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.142

And all notifications have disappeared 3.697

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.218

# 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 3.825

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.141

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.777

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.036

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.417

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.253

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.220

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.243

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.085

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.259

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.304

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 7.137

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.064

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 9.689

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.391

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 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675

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	6:43.217	Passed

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