Cucumber Reports (no 6140) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6140	11 Feb 2026, 12:04

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:8.425	Passed

19.610

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 6.884

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 12.650

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.168

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 6.834

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.443

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.225

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.602

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.142

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.821

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.282

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.507

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.352

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.775

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.312

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.320

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 6.747

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.245

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 51.566

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.748

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.035

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 6.639

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.396

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 46.828

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.165

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.130

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.514

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.690

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.052

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

And I start the computer 0.741

And the computer boots Tails 35.518

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.371

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.749

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.730

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.113

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 19.794

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.094

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.311

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.669

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.274

And all notifications have disappeared 3.617

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.106

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.212

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.190

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.908

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.118

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.477

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.308

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.496

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.726

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.155

And all notifications have disappeared 3.629

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.716

# 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 3.900

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.614

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.986

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.570

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.254

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.089

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.303

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.255

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.414

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.900

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.888

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.064

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.527

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.394

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.003

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653

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	6:8.425	Passed

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