Cucumber Reports (no 6093) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6093	26 Jan 2026, 20:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:12.707	Passed

49.391

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 6.943

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 42.351

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.334

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.597

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 6.673

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.087

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.518

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.256

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.406

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 6.527

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.256

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.154

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.839

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.284

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.627

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.448

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 6.764

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.218

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.837

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.620

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:20.182

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 6.492

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.679

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.808

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.196

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.558

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.073

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 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given a computer 0.048

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.756

And the computer boots Tails 32.188

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.437

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 6.596

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.078

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 20.692

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.288

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 6.456

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.216

And all notifications have disappeared 3.379

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.722

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.687

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.669

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.984

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.714

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.088

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.952

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.178

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.700

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 6.458

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.443

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.946

# 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 3.910

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.663

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.616

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.451

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.232

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.099

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.957

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.210

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.368

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.857

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.180

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 6.592

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.068

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 9.162

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.335

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 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888

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	7:12.707	Passed

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