Cucumber Reports (no 6087) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6087	23 Jan 2026, 07:26

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:2.876	Passed

20.249

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 7.154

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 13.001

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.278

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 7.134

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.921

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.076

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.080

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.160

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.471

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 6.988

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.165

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.029

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.818

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.163

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.237

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.571

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.050

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 7.069

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.200

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.260

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.512

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.622

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.274

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 7.026

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.247

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.892

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.103

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.434

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 0.048

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

And I start the computer 0.821

And the computer boots Tails 32.504

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.251

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.652

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.072

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 18.457

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.242

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 6.434

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.164

And all notifications have disappeared 3.831

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.080

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.282

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.724

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.758

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.776

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.485

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.110

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.276

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.333

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.925

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.172

And all notifications have disappeared 3.757

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.819

# 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 4.101

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.193

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.627

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.135

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.403

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.292

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.093

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.353

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.267

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.290

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 6.517

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.077

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 9.310

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.367

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 0.325

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.582

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	6:2.876	Passed

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