Cucumber Reports (no 4263) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4263	03 Mar 2026, 12:02

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:37.647	Passed

21.180

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 6.893

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 14.221

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.207

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 6.533

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.391

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.118

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.091

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.787

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 6.528

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.195

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.856

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.271

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.593

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.288

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.025

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.527

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.294

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 1:8.138

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.089

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 6.579

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.511

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.400

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.591

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.224

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.050

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

And I start the computer 0.764

And the computer boots Tails 32.357

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.393

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.521

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.072

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 18.729

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.489

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.671

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.192

And all notifications have disappeared 3.626

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.048

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.297

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.036

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.744

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.763

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.574

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.945

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.309

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.532

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.418

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.532

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.163

And all notifications have disappeared 3.930

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.821

# 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 3.756

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.514

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.153

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.486

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.230

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.076

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.202

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.245

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.829

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 6.503

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.079

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 8.780

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.427

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705

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	6:37.647	Passed

Feature Report