Cucumber Reports (no 6043) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6043	08 Jan 2026, 11:32

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:48.440	Passed

19.470

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 6.406

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.007

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.181

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 6.381

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.963

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.781

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.004

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.821

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.758

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.454

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.146

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.837

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.845

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.137

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 0.270

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.840

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 6.388

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.205

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.079

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.162

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.944

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.561

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.389

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 47.852

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.135

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.651

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.330

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 0.045

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

And I start the computer 0.702

And the computer boots Tails 31.508

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.735

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.201

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 6.598

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 17.421

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.622

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 6.454

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 3.162

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.050

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.707

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.829

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.590

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.878

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.361

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.888

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.262

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.084

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 6.574

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 3.326

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.746

# 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 3.786

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.465

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.533

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.334

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.325

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.028

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.229

# 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" 0.294

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.005

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.341

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.066

And the network is plugged 0.063

And Tor is ready 7.037

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.493

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 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.099

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	5:48.440	Passed

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