Cucumber Reports (no 4174) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4174	17 Jan 2026, 12:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:6.595	Passed

21.903

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.030

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.217

When the network is plugged 0.073

And I successfully configure Tor 13.550

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.429

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.302

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 8.221

When the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.965

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.645

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.370

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.831

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 8.588

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.245

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.078

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.896

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.412

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.774

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.778

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.315

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.070

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 8.344

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.266

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.837

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.609

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.694

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.169

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.619

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.563

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.406

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.565

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.112

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.261

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 1.095

And the computer boots Tails 38.615

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.376

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.171

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 8.320

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.115

When the network is plugged 0.064

And I successfully configure Tor 20.623

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.551

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.880

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 8.349

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.176

And all notifications have disappeared 4.676

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.054

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.016

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.942

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.582

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.071

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.612

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.160

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.621

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.332

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.572

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 8.364

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.205

And all notifications have disappeared 4.680

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.262

# 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 4.598

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.170

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.867

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.091

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.429

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.357

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.306

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.615

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.304

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.433

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 8.418

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.103

And the network is plugged 0.052

And Tor is ready 10.333

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.522

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 0.521

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917

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	7:6.595	Passed

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