Cucumber Reports (no 4257) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4257	27 Feb 2026, 09:06

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:5.792	Passed

22.581

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.220

When the network is plugged 0.078

And I successfully configure Tor 14.233

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.441

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.803

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.549

When the network is plugged 0.071

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.948

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.816

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.376

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.542

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.306

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.189

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.071

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.963

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.621

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.822

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.510

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.990

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.202

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.237

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.262

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.277

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.959

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.426

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.524

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.363

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.634

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.122

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.573

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.193

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 1.098

And the computer boots Tails 38.897

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.358

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.106

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.702

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.965

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 8.374

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.108

When the network is plugged 0.060

And I successfully configure Tor 20.372

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.491

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.057

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 8.324

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184

And all notifications have disappeared 4.863

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.066

And the network is plugged 0.056

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.950

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.946

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.223

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.669

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.068

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.598

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.182

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.269

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.587

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.327

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.747

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.191

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.205

And all notifications have disappeared 4.756

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.918

# 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 4.114

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.745

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.227

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.567

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.493

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.172

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.086

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.554

# 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" 0.433

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.325

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.571

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.022

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.182

And the network is plugged 0.058

And Tor is ready 10.800

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.502

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 0.447

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812

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	7:5.792	Passed

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