Cucumber Reports (no 6038) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6038	05 Jan 2026, 20:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:46.798	Passed

21.862

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 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.374

When the network is plugged 0.071

And I successfully configure Tor 13.348

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.397

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.040

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 8.835

When the network is plugged 0.096

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.365

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

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.551

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.400

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.151

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.229

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.214

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.697

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.521

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.437

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.933

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.455

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.687

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.818

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.220

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.912

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.721

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.113

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.586

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 9.015

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.561

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.668

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.328

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.794

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.176

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.028

And I start the computer 1.111

And the computer boots Tails 38.112

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.364

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.582

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.515

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.267

When the network is plugged 0.056

And I successfully configure Tor 20.691

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.416

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.304

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.782

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.267

And all notifications have disappeared 5.123

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.078

And the network is plugged 0.070

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.041

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.144

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.191

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.666

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.179

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.402

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.366

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.781

# 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 0.417

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.463

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.691

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 4.960

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.053

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.859

# 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 4.205

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.749

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.162

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.479

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.366

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.363

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.634

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.374

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.383

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.333

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.326

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.431

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.096

And the network is plugged 0.064

And Tor is ready 10.169

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.554

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 0.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.567

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109

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	7:46.798	Passed

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