Cucumber Reports (no 6049) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6049	09 Jan 2026, 11:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:1.753	Passed

18.815

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.766

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 11.951

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.307

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 6.628

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.886

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.473

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.258

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.486

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" 0.189

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.992

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.109

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.383

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 0.245

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.591

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.099

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 6.438

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.178

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.825

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.651

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.521

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.327

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 6.646

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.697

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.175

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.801

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.355

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 0.053

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

And I start the computer 0.717

And the computer boots Tails 33.184

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.345

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 6.650

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.079

When the network is plugged 0.012

And I successfully configure Tor 18.559

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.189

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 6.743

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.964

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.112

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.328

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.671

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.125

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.792

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.222

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.414

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.097

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.217

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.267

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.341

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 6.630

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.161

And all notifications have disappeared 3.688

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.418

# 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 3.870

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.189

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.588

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.954

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.503

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.264

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.209

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.375

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.293

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.484

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 6.840

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.077

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 7.029

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.513

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126

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	6:1.753	Passed

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