Cucumber Reports (no 6054) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6054	13 Jan 2026, 08:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:18.655	Passed

21.539

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.340

When the network is plugged 0.057

And I successfully configure Tor 13.027

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.113

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.610

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.406

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.123

When the network is plugged 0.054

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.691

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.116

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.362

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.411

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.055

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.992

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.920

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.199

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.060

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.264

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.473

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.353

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.667

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.400

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.080

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.531

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.820

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.157

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 46.096

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.443

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.563

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.215

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.382

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 43.891

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.167

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.158

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

And I start the computer 1.061

And the computer boots Tails 37.581

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.342

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.594

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 7.739

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.100

When the network is plugged 0.082

And I successfully configure Tor 17.618

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.426

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.723

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 8.280

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.389

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.072

And the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.754

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.845

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.201

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.670

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.071

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.310

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.989

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.678

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.738

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.190

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.151

And all notifications have disappeared 4.578

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.050

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.752

# 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 4.117

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.159

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.731

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.059

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.347

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.429

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.153

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.154

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.457

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.349

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.397

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.035

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.107

And the network is plugged 0.092

And Tor is ready 7.693

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.465

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 0.386

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065

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	6:18.655	Passed

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