Cucumber Reports (no 4218) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4218	08 Feb 2026, 11:43

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:35.377	Passed

19.497

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 7.009

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.419

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.031

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.091

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.006

When the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.927

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.539

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.514

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.852

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 6.807

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.204

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.037

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.640

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.699

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 0.391

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.708

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.189

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 6.807

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.256

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.346

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.772

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.869

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 6.752

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.128

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 47.075

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.906

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.017

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.950

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 0.053

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

And I start the computer 0.758

And the computer boots Tails 33.754

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.375

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.945

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 6.670

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.087

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 19.116

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.504

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 6.569

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 3.661

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.048

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.321

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.714

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.235

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.657

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.560

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.165

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.012

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.200

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.325

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 6.633

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.215

And all notifications have disappeared 3.911

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.432

# 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 4.130

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.527

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.738

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.410

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.258

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.119

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.307

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.307

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.150

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 6.645

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.796

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.604

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 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.312

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884

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	6:35.377	Passed

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