Cucumber Reports (no 4225) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4225	10 Feb 2026, 16:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:34.637	Passed

20.720

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.074

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.573

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.643

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.733

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.760

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.821

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.247

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.607

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.988

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.207

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.667

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.050

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.341

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.293

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:7.723

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.732

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.408

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 59.781

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.792

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:7.948

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 6.955

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.990

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 58.467

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.529

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.043

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" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.843

And the computer boots Tails 34.667

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.472

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.576

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.365

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.724

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 19.501

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.724

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 6.813

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.385

And all notifications have disappeared 4.155

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.064

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.874

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.913

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.121

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.506

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.214

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.282

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.981

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.607

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 4.272

And I capture all network traffic 0.011

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.850

# 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 3.917

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.612

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.674

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.391

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.247

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.347

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.289

# 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" 0.267

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.641

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.878

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 6.695

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.094

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 9.683

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.378

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 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.694

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	6:34.637	Passed

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