Cucumber Reports (no 4190) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4190	26 Jan 2026, 12:04

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:38.092	Passed

21.062

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 6.490

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 14.514

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.577

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 6.432

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.750

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.176

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.156

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.132

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.529

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.736

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.228

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.533

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.316

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.361

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 0.283

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.531

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.573

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 6.680

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.227

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.438

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.219

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.554

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.364

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 6.537

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.820

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.896

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.103

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.778

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 0.053

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

And I start the computer 0.776

And the computer boots Tails 32.886

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.924

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.806

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 18.950

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.651

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.339

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 6.507

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.160

And all notifications have disappeared 3.587

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.357

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.957

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.773

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.778

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.511

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.085

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.290

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.086

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 6.664

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 3.370

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.088

# 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 3.967

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.466

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.376

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" 0.236

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.425

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.231

# 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" 0.357

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.855

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 6.699

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.086

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 9.667

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.378

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 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.625

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	6:38.092	Passed

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