Cucumber Reports (no 4186) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4186	23 Jan 2026, 11:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:42.014	Passed

19.107

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.457

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 12.589

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.111

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.444

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.155

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.368

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.091

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.137

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.381

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.448

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.210

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.115

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.128

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.185

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.224

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:17.139

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.558

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.272

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:9.171

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.130

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.586

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.257

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 6.444

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.812

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.266

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.726

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.539

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 0.050

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.808

And the computer boots Tails 32.585

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.088

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.505

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.736

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 6.669

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.087

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.913

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.389

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.404

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.231

And all notifications have disappeared 3.472

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.841

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.923

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.745

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.776

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.415

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.017

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.237

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.557

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.817

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.507

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.329

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.247

# 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 3.754

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.545

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.840

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.451

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.259

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.889

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.221

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.274

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.533

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.725

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.072

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 11.351

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.366

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.184

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	6:42.014	Passed

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