Cucumber Reports (no 4229) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4229	12 Feb 2026, 11:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:38.733	Passed

19.133

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 6.479

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 12.600

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.223

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 6.540

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.060

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.507

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.050

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.182

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 6.588

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.213

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.660

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.242

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.158

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.244

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.953

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 7.197

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.271

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.571

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.906

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.116

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 6.516

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.612

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 51.397

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.585

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.830

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 0.054

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.776

And the computer boots Tails 34.678

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.309

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.422

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.741

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.110

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 49.522

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.563

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.279

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 6.520

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 3.601

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

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 2.293

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.679

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.080

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.748

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.480

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.061

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.273

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.079

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 6.495

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.576

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.526

# 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 3.913

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.688

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.610

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.526

# "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" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.310

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.355

# 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" 0.318

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.512

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 6.716

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.072

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.277

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.427

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 0.488

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979

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	6:38.733	Passed

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