Cucumber Reports (no 6057) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6057	13 Jan 2026, 13:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:35.778	Passed

19.734

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.703

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 12.956

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.778

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 6.551

When the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.641

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.419

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.060

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.106

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.272

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 6.716

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.266

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.512

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.141

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.217

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.361

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 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.325

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 6.646

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.195

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.658

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.820

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.073

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.986

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.681

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.295

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 46.364

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.639

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.278

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 0.062

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 1.105

And the computer boots Tails 34.024

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.602

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 6.593

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 48.812

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.250

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 6.648

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.365

And all notifications have disappeared 3.935

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.078

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.136

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.997

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.132

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.962

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.935

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.411

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.237

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 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.529

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 6.574

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 4.082

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.487

# 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 4.060

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.132

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.553

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.620

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.426

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.298

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.196

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.223

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.323

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.311

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.019

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 6.721

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.097

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 9.676

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.499

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 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.182

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	6:35.778	Passed

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