Cucumber Reports (no 6071) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6071	15 Jan 2026, 20:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:3.714	Passed

20.416

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.789

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 13.554

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.352

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.157

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 6.763

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.060

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.041

And I wait until Tor is ready 13.222

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.337

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 6.915

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.222

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.767

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.186

And I wait until Tor is ready 13.829

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.331

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 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.688

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.809

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.464

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 49.278

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.128

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.914

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.545

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.381

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 52.273

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.705

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.783

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.474

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 0.099

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

And I start the computer 0.780

And the computer boots Tails 35.232

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.338

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.266

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 6.561

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.176

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.470

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.971

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 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.138

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.212

And all notifications have disappeared 3.834

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.239

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.623

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.983

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.796

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.558

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.954

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.283

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:20.915

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.765

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.163

And all notifications have disappeared 3.670

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.495

# 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 3.993

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.144

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.748

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.662

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" 0.269

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 33.643

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.389

# 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" 0.309

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.572

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 7.254

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.082

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 8.741

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.469

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 0.480

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790

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	7:3.714	Passed

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