Cucumber Reports (no 6036) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6036	05 Jan 2026, 17:19

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:53.284	Passed

19.369

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.550

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 12.731

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.761

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 6.470

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.782

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.219

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.208

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.686

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 6.485

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.158

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.818

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.680

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.196

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.274

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.287

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 6.406

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.239

And I warm reboot the computer 0.019

And the computer reboots Tails 47.901

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.720

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.054

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 6.550

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.505

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 47.739

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.251

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.586

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 0.043

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

And I start the computer 0.830

And the computer boots Tails 31.659

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.504

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.699

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.469

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.069

When the network is plugged 0.012

And I successfully configure Tor 19.110

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.935

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 6.550

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.172

And all notifications have disappeared 3.401

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 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.645

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.794

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.693

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.746

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.350

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.012

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.226

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.596

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.472

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 6.648

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.135

And all notifications have disappeared 3.450

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.691

# 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 3.956

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.625

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.626

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.378

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.240

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.941

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.226

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.277

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.530

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.431

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 6.369

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.012

And Tor is ready 8.616

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.353

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052

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	5:53.284	Passed

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