Cucumber Reports (no 6076) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6076	18 Jan 2026, 11:41

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:25.870	Passed

19.020

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.692

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.264

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.467

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 6.596

When the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.215

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.492

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.052

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.549

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.968

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 6.441

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.179

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.444

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.286

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.280

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.275

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.160

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.616

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 6.630

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.217

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 49.223

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.538

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.542

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.344

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 6.593

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.756

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 47.840

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.148

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.868

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.045

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.680

And the computer boots Tails 32.080

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.775

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.739

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 6.565

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.027

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.737

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.562

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.224

And all notifications have disappeared 3.495

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.246

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.733

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.844

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.746

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.395

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.846

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.279

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.566

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 6.539

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.682

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.234

# 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 3.774

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.141

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.551

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.162

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.386

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.224

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.029

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.270

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.253

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

46.541

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 6.561

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.067

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 38.469

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.406

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 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949

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	6:25.870	Passed

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