Cucumber Reports (no 6068) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6068	15 Jan 2026, 12:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:37.708	Passed

22.502

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.246

When the network is plugged 0.056

And I successfully configure Tor 14.133

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.392

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.256

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 8.748

When the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.175

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.648

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.564

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.311

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.738

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 8.740

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.244

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.079

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.015

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.835

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.969

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.089

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.760

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.341

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.966

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.196

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.199

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.422

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.134

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.346

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.481

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.777

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.699

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.609

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.382

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.206

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 0.149

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 1.049

And the computer boots Tails 38.623

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.357

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.385

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 8.345

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.113

When the network is plugged 0.057

And I successfully configure Tor 48.818

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.456

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.572

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.237

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 4.830

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.073

And the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.833

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.947

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.189

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.586

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.418

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.396

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.163

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.144

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.456

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.330

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 9.026

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.205

And all notifications have disappeared 4.470

And I capture all network traffic 0.011

And the network is plugged 0.063

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.178

# 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 4.724

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.186

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.763

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.222

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.474

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.445

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.177

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.264

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.642

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.404

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.353

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.672

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.267

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.825

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092

And the network is plugged 0.059

And Tor is ready 10.568

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.716

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 0.612

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993

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	7:37.708	Passed

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