Cucumber Reports (no 4230) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4230	13 Feb 2026, 11:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:9.732	Passed

19.484

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.631

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 12.780

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.707

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.719

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.612

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.794

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.513

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.260

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 6.564

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.170

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.786

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.296

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.111

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 0.266

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.672

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.638

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.233

And I warm reboot the computer 0.020

And the computer reboots Tails 50.826

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.953

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.851

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 6.698

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.150

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.164

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.832

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.767

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.059

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.717

And the computer boots Tails 33.679

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.304

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.925

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 6.713

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.070

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.077

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.791

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.926

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.225

And all notifications have disappeared 4.032

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.609

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.677

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.096

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.202

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.437

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.151

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.907

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.225

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.780

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 6.834

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 4.025

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.381

# 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 3.986

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.547

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.764

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.577

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.253

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.145

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.354

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.304

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.492

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.731

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.121

And the network is plugged 0.027

And Tor is ready 9.029

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.579

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 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.137

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	6:9.732	Passed

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