Cucumber Reports (no 4253) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4253	25 Feb 2026, 11:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:7.287	Passed

20.627

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.529

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 14.026

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.474

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.562

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.069

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.710

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.065

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.868

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 6.601

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.235

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.052

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.220

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.992

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.490

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.225

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.104

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 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.031

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.664

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.431

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.432

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.568

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.597

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.305

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.638

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.669

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.922

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.269

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 0.044

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.850

And the computer boots Tails 34.046

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.319

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.444

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.958

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.096

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 48.324

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.199

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.703

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.303

And all notifications have disappeared 3.606

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.752

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.314

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.226

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.865

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.627

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.407

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.915

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.245

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.648

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 6.988

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 3.597

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.625

# 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 4.033

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.568

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.652

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.456

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.475

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.203

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.215

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.322

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.344

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 6.531

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.111

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 10.341

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.334

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 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658

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	7:7.287	Passed

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