Cucumber Reports (no 4244) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4244	21 Feb 2026, 12:02

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:8.487	Passed

52.310

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.211

When the network is plugged 0.072

And I successfully configure Tor 43.976

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.477

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.010

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.232

When the network is plugged 0.076

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.909

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.265

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.457

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.813

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 8.228

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.063

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.373

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.018

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.384

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.514

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:8.624

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 8.284

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.217

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 59.011

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.100

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.075

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.225

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.861

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 58.396

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.579

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.739

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011

Steps

Given a computer 0.162

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.040

And I start the computer 1.079

And the computer boots Tails 37.098

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.358

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.123

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.265

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.455

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

When the network is plugged 0.155

And I successfully configure Tor 20.508

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.371

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:13.722

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 21.443

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.176

And all notifications have disappeared 4.453

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.575

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.051

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.334

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.016

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.582

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.144

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.535

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.345

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.090

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.389

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.301

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 4.533

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.079

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.972

# 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 4.070

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.715

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.104

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.448

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.407

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.165

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.290

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 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.402

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.332

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

48.536

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.231

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.106

And the network is plugged 0.053

And Tor is ready 38.587

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.552

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 0.778

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	8:8.487	Passed

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