Cucumber Reports (no 4247) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4247	23 Feb 2026, 16:44

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:8.234	Passed

26.105

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.100

When the network is plugged 0.066

And I successfully configure Tor 16.890

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.427

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.298

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.191

When the network is plugged 0.078

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.113

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.308

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.554

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.349

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.017

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.042

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.197

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.315

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 15.304

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.499

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.523

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.293

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:15.413

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.876

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.273

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.483

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.766

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:18.879

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.510

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.363

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:8.074

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.920

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

43.655

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.184

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 1.092

And the computer boots Tails 41.987

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.363

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.542

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.861

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.225

When the network is plugged 0.082

And I successfully configure Tor 22.302

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.525

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.803

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.798

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.254

And all notifications have disappeared 5.731

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.116

And the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.314

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.879

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.172

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.749

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.238

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.378

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.180

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.258

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.606

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.405

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.751

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:30.755

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 9.695

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.251

And all notifications have disappeared 5.305

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And the network is plugged 0.080

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.969

# 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 4.092

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.068

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.522

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.492

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.390

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.217

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.908

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.918

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.107

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.513

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.614

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.362

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.083

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.763

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.888

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.094

And the network is plugged 0.058

And Tor is ready 11.083

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.632

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.690

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.306

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	8:8.234	Passed

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