Cucumber Reports (no 4237) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4237	17 Feb 2026, 14:28

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:19.107	Passed

20.783

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.848

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 13.836

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.321

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.647

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.442

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 6.553

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.460

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.094

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.273

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.731

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 6.763

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.456

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.641

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.016

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.420

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.372

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.677

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.696

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.339

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.814

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.821

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.526

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.360

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 6.840

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.517

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 51.744

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.248

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.562

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" 0.006

And I start the computer 1.006

And the computer boots Tails 35.444

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.541

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.517

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 6.889

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.073

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.485

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.605

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.708

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 6.816

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.191

And all notifications have disappeared 3.705

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.400

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.869

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.150

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.796

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.495

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.582

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.313

# 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 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.136

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 6.852

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.209

And all notifications have disappeared 3.574

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.373

# 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 3.978

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.512

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.815

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.495

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.282

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.990

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.342

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.328

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.031

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.187

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.219

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.084

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 9.499

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.364

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 0.341

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.604

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	6:19.107	Passed

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