Cucumber Reports (no 4249) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4249	23 Feb 2026, 23:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:11.438	Passed

20.678

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.760

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 13.854

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.418

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 6.656

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.433

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.946

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.325

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.610

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.790

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 6.518

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.576

And I capture all network traffic 0.029

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.497

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.638

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.204

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.246

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.353

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.970

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.220

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 49.524

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.630

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.875

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 6.704

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.176

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 49.544

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.440

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.007

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 0.057

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

And I start the computer 0.805

And the computer boots Tails 33.718

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.419

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.672

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.786

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 0.004

Steps

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

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.161

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.033

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.779

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.668

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 6.963

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.236

And all notifications have disappeared 3.789

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.012

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.325

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.693

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.671

# 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 0.469

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.942

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.188

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.799

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.761

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.208

And all notifications have disappeared 3.753

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.323

# 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 3.863

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.152

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.429

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.657

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.464

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.344

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.069

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.320

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.242

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.651

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.061

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.530

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.012

And Tor is ready 9.120

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.316

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 0.009

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.326

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884

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	6:11.438	Passed

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