Cucumber Reports (no 4234) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4234	16 Feb 2026, 13:48

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:51.012	Passed

20.425

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.874

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 13.465

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.594

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.587

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 6.680

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.858

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.732

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.235

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.537

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.054

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.307

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.682

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.778

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.133

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.475

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.438

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 6.744

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.211

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.949

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.526

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.104

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 6.652

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.464

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.252

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.730

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.720

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 0.057

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

And I start the computer 0.780

And the computer boots Tails 36.529

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.346

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.971

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.836

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.132

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 19.864

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.097

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.452

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.137

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.289

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 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.391

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.201

And all notifications have disappeared 3.866

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.293

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.826

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.315

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.049

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.103

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.459

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.259

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.275

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.275

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.502

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.213

And all notifications have disappeared 4.004

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.284

# 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 4.273

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.125

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.865

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.967

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.575

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.440

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.197

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.300

# 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" 0.307

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.661

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 6.911

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.082

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.190

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.457

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925

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	6:51.012	Passed

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