Cucumber Reports (no 4201) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4201	31 Jan 2026, 09:04

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:2.516	Passed

28.436

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 8.005

When the network is plugged 0.076

And I successfully configure Tor 20.305

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.438

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.091

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.091

When the network is plugged 0.053

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.966

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.785

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.154

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.958

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 7.958

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.256

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.955

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.212

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.830

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.609

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:7.570

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 7.993

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.242

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 58.858

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.463

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.226

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.129

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.106

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 59.060

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.921

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.919

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 0.152

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 1.063

And the computer boots Tails 37.317

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.361

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.528

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 8.045

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.110

When the network is plugged 0.065

And I successfully configure Tor 25.256

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.444

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.611

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 7.911

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.183

And all notifications have disappeared 4.525

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.962

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.025

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.157

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.104

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.454

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.217

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.583

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.956

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 7.942

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.186

And all notifications have disappeared 4.695

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.797

# 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 4.079

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.830

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.083

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.448

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.345

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.178

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.559

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.387

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.324

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.218

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 8.026

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.110

And the network is plugged 0.052

And Tor is ready 9.578

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.446

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 0.425

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832

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	7:2.516	Passed

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