Cucumber Reports (no 6083) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6083	22 Jan 2026, 08:12

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:15.742	Passed

19.924

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.780

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 13.070

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.652

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.295

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 6.949

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.859

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.003

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.396

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.925

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 6.896

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.193

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.509

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.021

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.768

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.471

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.584

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.843

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 7.008

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.194

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.575

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.895

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.981

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.915

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.059

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.933

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.870

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.897

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 0.083

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.882

And the computer boots Tails 33.879

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.090

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 7.106

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.073

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.862

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.483

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.767

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.231

And all notifications have disappeared 3.887

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.075

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.452

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.021

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.995

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.667

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.441

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.248

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.304

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.118

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 6.788

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 3.729

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.705

# 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 3.821

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.569

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.919

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.402

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.238

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.002

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.225

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.257

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

47.268

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 6.838

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.110

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 38.755

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.539

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 0.363

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600

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	7:15.742	Passed

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