Cucumber Reports (no 6142) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6142	11 Feb 2026, 20:05

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:11.327	Passed

20.021

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.794

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 13.154

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.298

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.601

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.620

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.532

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.220

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.164

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.278

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 6.529

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.302

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.824

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.091

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.205

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.259

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.142

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.850

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.979

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.239

And I warm reboot the computer 0.032

And the computer reboots Tails 52.523

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.837

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.859

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.982

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 47.864

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.124

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.279

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 0.047

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.704

And the computer boots Tails 34.193

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.327

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.673

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 6.833

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.114

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 19.658

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.792

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.711

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.376

And all notifications have disappeared 3.706

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.066

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.327

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.923

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.938

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.646

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.467

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.299

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.641

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.018

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 3.685

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.416

# 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 3.925

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.201

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.599

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.159

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.473

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.265

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.006

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.256

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.274

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.351

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 6.583

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.100

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 10.252

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.391

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 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660

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	6:11.327	Passed

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