Cucumber Reports (no 4215) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4215	06 Feb 2026, 08:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:7.060	Passed

20.440

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 6.511

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 13.879

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.562

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.411

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.368

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.973

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.943

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.071

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.606

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.449

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.405

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.312

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.896

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.146

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.311

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.315

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.543

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.691

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.582

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.275

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.076

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.751

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.061

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.559

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.356

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 6.662

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.701

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.615

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.370

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.559

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.565

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 0.061

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

And I start the computer 0.738

And the computer boots Tails 31.704

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.649

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.224

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 6.452

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.069

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.652

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.804

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.257

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 6.518

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.530

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.140

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.062

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.579

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.466

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.429

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.813

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.246

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.330

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 6.405

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.140

And all notifications have disappeared 3.726

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.728

# 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 3.961

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.423

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.559

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.397

# "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" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.964

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.252

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.231

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.333

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.617

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.060

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 10.305

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.331

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.610

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	7:7.060	Passed

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