Cucumber Reports (no 4216) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4216	06 Feb 2026, 11:46

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:5.278	Passed

21.232

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.068

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 14.099

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.831

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.400

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.784

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.375

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.463

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.682

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.140

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.349

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 7.105

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.205

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.045

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.374

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.314

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.234

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:7.983

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 6.592

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.198

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.403

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.782

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.862

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 7.070

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.803

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.269

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.712

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.831

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.325

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 0.058

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.805

And the computer boots Tails 35.097

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.354

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.803

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 6.679

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 19.942

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.364

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 7.293

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.181

And all notifications have disappeared 3.729

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.269

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.070

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.206

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.042

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.572

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.614

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.929

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.220

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.659

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:23.171

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 7.261

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.235

And all notifications have disappeared 3.876

And I capture all network traffic 0.013

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.787

# 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 3.971

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.141

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.806

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.734

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.547

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.252

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.593

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.482

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.269

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.785

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.430

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.848

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.398

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 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768

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	7:5.278	Passed

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