Cucumber Reports (no 6048) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6048	08 Jan 2026, 20:47

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:40.192	Passed

20.305

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.482

When the network is plugged 0.053

And I successfully configure Tor 12.707

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.430

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.936

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 7.422

When the network is plugged 0.239

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.760

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.545

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.923

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.394

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.227

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.567

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.188

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.716

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.735

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.385

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.507

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.327

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.794

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.721

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.235

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 44.082

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.745

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.870

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.492

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.386

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 45.069

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.910

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.105

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.445

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.152

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.023

And I start the computer 1.072

And the computer boots Tails 37.804

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.393

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.756

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.650

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.092

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.101

When the network is plugged 0.074

And I successfully configure Tor 17.330

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.343

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.940

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 7.586

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.170

And all notifications have disappeared 4.692

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.347

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.834

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.181

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.407

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.072

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.344

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.169

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.382

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.561

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.361

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.485

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 4.579

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.056

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.297

# 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 4.172

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.260

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.893

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.105

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.338

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.392

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.171

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.310

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.595

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.438

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.327

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.752

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.660

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 7.714

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.108

And the network is plugged 0.060

And Tor is ready 7.350

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.416

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 0.009

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.070

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	6:40.192	Passed

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