Cucumber Reports (no 6090) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6090	24 Jan 2026, 11:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:29.321	Passed

19.797

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.646

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.096

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.548

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.546

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.811

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.779

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.351

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.148

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.046

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.144

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 6.590

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.172

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.658

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.263

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.095

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.253

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.542

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 6.676

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.244

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.548

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.577

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.302

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 6.550

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.755

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 46.412

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.577

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.000

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.093

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

And I start the computer 0.832

And the computer boots Tails 33.755

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.313

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.637

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.651

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 6.568

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.076

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 48.952

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.840

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 6.724

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.208

And all notifications have disappeared 3.320

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 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.488

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.610

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.772

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.716

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.496

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.928

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.199

# 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 0.165

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.477

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 6.889

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.175

And all notifications have disappeared 3.423

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.265

# 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 3.806

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.566

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.735

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.434

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.275

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.070

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.231

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.307

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.014

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 6.574

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.076

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.994

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.350

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 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948

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	6:29.321	Passed

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