Cucumber Reports (no 6141) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6141	11 Feb 2026, 19:31

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:2.738	Passed

19.200

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.457

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 12.678

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.718

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 6.517

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.394

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.613

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.139

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.795

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.585

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.153

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.985

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.426

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.204

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.376

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.899

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.436

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.217

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 49.498

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.735

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.131

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 6.514

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.617

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.372

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.620

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.365

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 0.798

And the computer boots Tails 33.464

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.382

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 6.520

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.112

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 18.684

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.565

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.512

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.166

And all notifications have disappeared 3.698

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.436

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.840

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.882

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.709

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.453

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.319

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.258

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.955

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 6.608

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.151

And all notifications have disappeared 3.690

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.383

# 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 3.810

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.619

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.257

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.410

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.268

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.911

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.253

# 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" 0.288

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.586

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.725

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.876

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.115

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.332

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.380

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 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849

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	6:2.738	Passed

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