Cucumber Reports (no 6085) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6085	22 Jan 2026, 15:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:4.445	Passed

20.385

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.052

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.284

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.012

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 7.094

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.874

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.925

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.040

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.165

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.634

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.424

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.096

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.241

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.352

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.259

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.082

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.299

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.953

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 6.902

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.232

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.669

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.143

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.215

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 7.123

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.102

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.810

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.173

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.402

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.093

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.736

And the computer boots Tails 32.505

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.034

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 7.098

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.099

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 18.755

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.165

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.007

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 6.906

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.187

And all notifications have disappeared 3.453

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.066

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.278

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.668

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.910

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.616

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.405

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.094

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.947

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.273

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.122

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 6.946

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.179

And all notifications have disappeared 3.602

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.177

# 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 3.737

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.503

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.550

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.393

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.223

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.933

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.268

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.292

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.957

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.885

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 7.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.356

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.417

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 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.541

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	6:4.445	Passed

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