Cucumber Reports (no 6060) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6060	14 Jan 2026, 12:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:33.967	Passed

22.284

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 8.265

When the network is plugged 0.054

And I successfully configure Tor 13.897

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.432

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.170

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 8.760

When the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.027

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.831

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.438

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.321

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.115

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.432

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.215

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.076

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.062

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.586

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.947

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.729

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.336

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.522

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 8.610

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.240

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.929

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.730

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.938

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 8.348

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.604

And I warm reboot the computer 0.026

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.656

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.302

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.158

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.589

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 0.153

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

And I start the computer 1.421

And the computer boots Tails 38.658

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.332

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.853

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.393

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.109

When the network is plugged 0.074

And I successfully configure Tor 50.225

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.511

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.947

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 8.451

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.213

And all notifications have disappeared 4.398

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.076

And the network is plugged 0.060

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.992

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.245

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.165

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.562

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.081

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.484

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.188

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.361

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.613

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.334

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:26.036

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.444

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.200

And all notifications have disappeared 4.594

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.157

# 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 4.129

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.177

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.738

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.974

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.476

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.330

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.139

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.469

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.704

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.377

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.417

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.148

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.507

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 8.176

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.105

And the network is plugged 0.071

And Tor is ready 39.578

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.572

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 0.545

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795

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	8:33.967	Passed

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