Cucumber Reports (no 6130) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6130	09 Feb 2026, 18:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:8.793	Passed

20.077

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.809

When the network is plugged 0.066

And I successfully configure Tor 12.133

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.424

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.638

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.505

When the network is plugged 0.083

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.864

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.842

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.281

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.193

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 7.483

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.150

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.073

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.791

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.904

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.152

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.582

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.304

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.436

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.344

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.203

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 44.404

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.473

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.076

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.496

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.585

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 44.425

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.557

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.640

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.254

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 0.145

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 1.053

And the computer boots Tails 37.698

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.331

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.829

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.212

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.077

And I successfully configure Tor 18.396

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.426

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.286

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.834

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.202

And all notifications have disappeared 4.512

And I capture all network traffic 0.012

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.158

And the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.784

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.950

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.152

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.059

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.397

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.189

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.685

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.360

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.663

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.516

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.199

And all notifications have disappeared 4.320

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.764

# 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 4.083

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

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" 15.053

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.338

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.305

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.152

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.109

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.520

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.374

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.321

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.337

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.545

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.107

And the network is plugged 0.088

And Tor is ready 7.072

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.518

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.394

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	6:8.793	Passed

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