Cucumber Reports (no 4204) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4204	02 Feb 2026, 12:03

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:34.911	Passed

21.563

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 6.468

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 15.035

Then 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 0.997

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.786

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.606

When the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.388

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.184

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.501

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.282

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.684

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.184

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.404

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.582

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.102

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.245

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.481

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 6.486

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.202

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 57.770

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.016

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.195

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 6.671

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.530

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.180

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.807

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.629

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.388

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 0.051

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

And I start the computer 0.760

And the computer boots Tails 33.196

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.373

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.042

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 6.504

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 49.364

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.467

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 6.533

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171

And all notifications have disappeared 3.526

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.848

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.813

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.938

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.633

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.425

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.092

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.962

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.293

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.551

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.343

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 6.583

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.345

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.206

# 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 4.481

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.183

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.555

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.583

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.445

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.255

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.099

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.919

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.194

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.278

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.141

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.359

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.679

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.074

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 10.218

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.364

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 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689

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	7:34.911	Passed

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