Cucumber Reports (no 4206) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4206	03 Feb 2026, 12:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:0.272	Passed

22.664

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 8.479

When the network is plugged 0.056

And I successfully configure Tor 14.080

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.372

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.874

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.266

When the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.907

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.460

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.116

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.903

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 8.264

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.194

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.185

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.836

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.772

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.544

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.171

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 8.525

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.216

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.455

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.963

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.104

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.107

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.775

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 8.205

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.556

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.957

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.853

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 0.171

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.144

And I start the computer 1.092

And the computer boots Tails 38.115

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.327

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.609

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.231

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.100

When the network is plugged 0.067

And I successfully configure Tor 20.167

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.366

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.455

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 8.352

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.208

And all notifications have disappeared 4.870

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.081

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.952

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.973

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.182

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.376

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.054

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.528

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.537

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.382

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 8.232

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.212

And all notifications have disappeared 4.697

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.005

# 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 4.083

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.187

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.725

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.047

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.506

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.376

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.171

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.615

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.357

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.352

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.123

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.584

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 8.244

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.109

And the network is plugged 0.055

And Tor is ready 8.725

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.444

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.437

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	7:0.272	Passed

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