Cucumber Reports (no 4246) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4246	23 Feb 2026, 12:10

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:39.343	Passed

20.092

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.519

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 13.509

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.078

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 6.520

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.212

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.188

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.100

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.837

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 6.553

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.165

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.882

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.051

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.697

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.394

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.205

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 6.562

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.197

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.116

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.316

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.946

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 6.597

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.353

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.895

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.094

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.553

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 0.048

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

And I start the computer 0.740

And the computer boots Tails 32.710

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.629

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.896

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.623

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 19.145

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.084

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.449

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.161

And all notifications have disappeared 3.528

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.246

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.155

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.722

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.650

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.523

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.021

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.276

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.624

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 6.611

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.183

And all notifications have disappeared 3.343

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.426

# 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 4.313

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.151

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.576

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.646

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.449

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.263

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.954

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.282

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.245

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.023

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.537

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 10.012

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.372

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 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900

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	6:39.343	Passed

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