Cucumber Reports (no 4222) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4222	10 Feb 2026, 04:07

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:46.561	Passed

21.918

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 6.963

When the network is plugged 0.051

And I successfully configure Tor 14.853

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.114

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 7.690

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.009

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.899

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.442

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.273

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 7.020

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.244

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.378

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.841

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.408

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.306

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:8.639

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 6.758

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.344

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.260

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.268

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.595

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.284

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 7.044

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.268

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.958

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.007

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.753

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 0.059

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

And I start the computer 0.762

And the computer boots Tails 34.491

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.431

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.400

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.492

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.073

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 18.753

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.603

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.138

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 7.859

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.211

And all notifications have disappeared 3.776

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.865

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.843

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.289

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.713

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.451

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.317

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.436

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.075

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.798

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.842

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.255

And all notifications have disappeared 4.193

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.836

# 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 3.843

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.778

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.803

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.862

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.316

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.201

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.266

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.286

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.239

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.676

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.155

And the network is plugged 0.103

And Tor is ready 10.870

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.428

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684

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	6:46.561	Passed

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