Cucumber Reports (no 4214) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4214	05 Feb 2026, 15:17

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:24.885	Passed

20.513

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.654

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 12.787

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.637

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.013

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 7.597

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.573

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.972

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.795

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.166

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.670

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.210

And I capture all network traffic 0.012

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.987

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.484

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.462

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.268

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.331

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.015

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.284

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.175

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 53.700

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.848

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.652

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.137

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 7.060

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.080

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 53.503

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.487

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.666

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.588

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 0.062

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.873

And the computer boots Tails 36.217

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.427

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.597

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.965

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 7.066

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.084

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 48.736

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.097

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.957

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.159

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146

And all notifications have disappeared 3.541

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.095

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.541

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.736

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.193

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.873

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.406

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.437

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.485

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.148

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.722

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.044

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.224

And all notifications have disappeared 3.695

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.418

# 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 4.160

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.131

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.740

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.372

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.602

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.328

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.198

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.271

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.304

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.805

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.776

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.123

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 9.467

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.406

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 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014

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	7:24.885	Passed

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