Cucumber Reports (no 4235) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4235	17 Feb 2026, 12:00

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:7.279	Passed

20.694

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 6.422

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 14.207

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.945

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 6.469

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.766

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.405

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.254

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.650

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.740

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 6.567

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.146

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.906

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.404

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.397

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.247

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.046

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:6.741

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 6.524

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.174

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 59.683

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.348

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.061

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.968

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.913

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 6.499

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.433

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.548

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.426

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.218

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.047

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

And I start the computer 0.758

And the computer boots Tails 32.337

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.971

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.562

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.067

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 19.278

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.649

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.435

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.485

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 3.554

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.012

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.739

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.792

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.976

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.596

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.624

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.941

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.190

# 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 0.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:21.820

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 6.427

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.143

And all notifications have disappeared 3.586

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.923

# 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 3.938

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.544

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.011

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.406

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.249

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.511

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.377

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.390

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.796

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.453

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.102

And the network is plugged 0.044

And Tor is ready 9.822

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.370

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 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770

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	7:7.279	Passed

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