Cucumber Reports (no 6045) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6045	08 Jan 2026, 19:17

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:2.024	Passed

19.559

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.483

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.025

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.411

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 6.726

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.489

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.768

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.349

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.670

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.009

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.662

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.166

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.441

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.504

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.805

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.365

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.044

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 6.792

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.211

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 47.192

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.842

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.662

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.195

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 6.675

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.527

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.857

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.129

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.578

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 0.048

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.814

And the computer boots Tails 33.394

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.313

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.573

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.073

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 6.494

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.071

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 18.453

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.205

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.864

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.177

And all notifications have disappeared 3.813

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.817

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.824

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.200

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.836

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.507

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.445

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.176

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.275

# 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 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.742

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 7.034

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.235

And all notifications have disappeared 3.525

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.188

# 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 3.833

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.568

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.237

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.671

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.422

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.295

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.367

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.202

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 6.739

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.100

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 7.912

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.430

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 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846

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	6:2.024	Passed

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