Cucumber Reports (no 4240) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4240	18 Feb 2026, 12:41

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:39.040	Passed

22.998

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 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.484

When the network is plugged 0.072

And I successfully configure Tor 14.203

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.238

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.499

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.964

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.478

When the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.997

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.448

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.934

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.325

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.373

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.458

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.224

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.652

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.875

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.328

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.716

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.331

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.181

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.791

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.278

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.763

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.332

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.799

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.668

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.117

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.207

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.796

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.572

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.198

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.022

And I start the computer 1.129

And the computer boots Tails 38.800

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.421

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.934

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.795

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.099

When the network is plugged 0.063

And I successfully configure Tor 49.892

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.083

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.495

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.971

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.636

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.224

And all notifications have disappeared 7.243

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.082

And the network is plugged 0.047

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.201

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.241

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.241

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.890

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.609

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.278

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.424

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.610

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.342

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.639

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.863

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.299

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.247

And all notifications have disappeared 4.832

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.075

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.868

# 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 4.319

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.159

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.804

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.056

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.473

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.320

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.153

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.297

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.522

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.363

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.387

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.077

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.380

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.565

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.104

And the network is plugged 0.052

And Tor is ready 10.190

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.462

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 0.489

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	7:39.040	Passed

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