Cucumber Reports (no 6065) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6065	14 Jan 2026, 16:05

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:55.430	Passed

20.634

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.285

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 13.287

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.455

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.289

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.116

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.866

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.115

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.165

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.342

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.442

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.289

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.070

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.631

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.915

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.634

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.294

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.048

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.251

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.719

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.207

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.695

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.621

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.605

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.678

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.926

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 53.501

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.491

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.303

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.104

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 0.105

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.958

And the computer boots Tails 35.600

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.431

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.581

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.696

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 7.562

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.087

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.981

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.294

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.243

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 7.711

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.196

And all notifications have disappeared 3.625

And I capture all network traffic 0.012

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.158

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.041

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.156

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.175

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.812

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.542

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.258

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.291

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.082

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:23.719

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.201

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.350

And all notifications have disappeared 3.988

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.746

# 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 3.931

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.152

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.736

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.063

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.471

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.291

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.165

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.727

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.539

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.258

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.294

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.378

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.855

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.090

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.903

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.509

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 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.751

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	6:55.430	Passed

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