Cucumber Reports (no 6052) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6052	12 Jan 2026, 11:24

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:51.728	Passed

19.597

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.534

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 13.008

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.236

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 6.485

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.099

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.028

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.538

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.751

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.729

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 6.497

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.144

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.307

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.226

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.203

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.279

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.228

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 6.424

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.167

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.156

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.472

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.887

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 6.387

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.494

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.181

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.819

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.129

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" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.677

And the computer boots Tails 31.352

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.079

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 6.610

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.075

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 17.317

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.961

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 6.535

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.154

And all notifications have disappeared 3.391

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.865

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.709

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.580

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.695

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.364

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.241

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.503

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.541

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 6.528

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.643

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.645

# 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 3.975

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.471

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.630

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.382

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.261

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.995

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.278

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.251

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.336

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.489

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.119

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.346

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.360

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706

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	5:51.728	Passed

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