Cucumber Reports (no 4199) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4199	30 Jan 2026, 11:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:36.932	Passed

20.068

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 6.719

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 13.289

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.933

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.524

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 6.888

When the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.466

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.444

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.653

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.119

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.591

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.206

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 7.121

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.150

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.862

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.863

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.914

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.198

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.133

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 7.109

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.181

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.845

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.991

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.631

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.296

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 7.079

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.213

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.132

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.864

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.079

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.915

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 0.049

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

And I start the computer 0.712

And the computer boots Tails 33.096

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.010

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 6.981

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.094

When the network is plugged 0.048

And I successfully configure Tor 18.843

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:25.585

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 7.523

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.235

And all notifications have disappeared 3.680

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.239

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.592

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.808

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.803

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.433

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.509

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.387

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.409

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 6.963

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 3.694

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.463

# 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 4.058

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.465

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.198

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.401

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.267

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.958

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.207

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.283

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.780

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 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.210

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.085

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 9.049

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.414

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805

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	6:36.932	Passed

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