Cucumber Reports (no 4200) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4200	30 Jan 2026, 16:03

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:57.403	Passed

21.591

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.753

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 14.750

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.321

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 7.013

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.331

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.704

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.182

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.465

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.940

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.246

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.225

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.260

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.333

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.400

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.048

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.198

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.120

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.308

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.489

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.827

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 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.412

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.432

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.223

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.752

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.193

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.073

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.808

And the computer boots Tails 36.753

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.547

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.828

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.061

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.131

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 20.527

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.089

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.480

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.543

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.256

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.228

And all notifications have disappeared 3.828

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.492

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.893

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.176

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.109

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.966

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.482

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.201

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.634

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.324

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.226

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 7.105

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.279

And all notifications have disappeared 3.722

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.295

# 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 4.623

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.809

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.400

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.497

# "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" 1.192

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.276

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.292

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.246

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.207

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 7.205

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.139

And the network is plugged 0.049

And Tor is ready 11.427

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.382

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 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

	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	6:57.403	Passed

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