Cucumber Reports (no 4252) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4252	24 Feb 2026, 23:36

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:53.443	Passed

28.745

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 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.942

When the network is plugged 5.054

And I successfully configure Tor 11.698

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.384

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.933

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.544

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 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.528

When the network is plugged 0.097

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.923

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.681

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.264

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.653

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 9.366

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.167

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.124

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.004

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.979

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.318

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.640

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.403

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.707

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.899

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.310

And I warm reboot the computer 0.047

And the computer reboots Tails 45.375

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.705

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 8.619

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.103

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 51.871

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.097

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.870

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.117

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

44.642

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 1.324

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 1.076

And the computer boots Tails 41.863

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.352

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.032

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.541

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.122

When the network is plugged 0.079

And I successfully configure Tor 20.177

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.110

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.346

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.440

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.177

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.238

And all notifications have disappeared 4.601

And I capture all network traffic 0.051

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.291

And the network is plugged 0.092

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.006

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.072

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.953

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.325

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.709

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.248

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.688

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.749

# 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 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.232

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.833

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.155

And all notifications have disappeared 5.699

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.240

# 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 4.098

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.170

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.713

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.171

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.366

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.494

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.704

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.271

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.814

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.373

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.737

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 7.992

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.121

And the network is plugged 0.083

And Tor is ready 11.053

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.479

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 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.477

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.714

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	6:53.443	Passed

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