Cucumber Reports (no 4243) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4243	20 Feb 2026, 12:20

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:47.501	Passed

20.407

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.411

When the network is plugged 0.058

And I successfully configure Tor 12.860

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.392

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.594

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.388

When the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.791

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.267

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.053

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.980

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.348

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.178

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.934

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.919

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.647

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.833

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.424

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.731

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 7.560

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.180

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 44.644

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.336

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.097

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.851

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.691

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.164

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 43.418

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.568

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.141

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.150

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

And I start the computer 1.075

And the computer boots Tails 38.554

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.338

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.355

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.616

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.124

When the network is plugged 0.100

And I successfully configure Tor 18.458

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.367

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.585

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.368

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162

And all notifications have disappeared 4.411

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.086

And the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.679

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.883

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.233

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.834

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.203

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.496

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.219

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.726

# 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 0.416

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.861

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.514

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.195

And all notifications have disappeared 4.887

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.677

# 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 4.182

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.227

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.683

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.175

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.400

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.426

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.147

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.695

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.322

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.398

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.990

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.862

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.109

And the network is plugged 0.057

And Tor is ready 10.428

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.009

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.518

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 0.413

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920

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	6:47.501	Passed

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