Cucumber Reports (no 6143) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6143	11 Feb 2026, 21:03

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:8.938	Passed

51.275

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.918

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 43.281

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.841

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.500

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.280

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.575

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.407

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.772

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.011

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.283

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.601

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.613

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.705

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.089

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.441

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 0.833

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.332

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.702

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.314

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 54.281

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.027

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.082

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.048

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.042

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 54.161

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.822

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.499

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 0.113

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.889

And the computer boots Tails 36.137

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.346

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.713

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.018

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 7.577

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.170

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 20.165

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.546

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.170

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 7.547

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.185

And all notifications have disappeared 3.940

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.019

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.184

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.085

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.799

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.446

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.166

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.125

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.287

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.085

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.294

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.313

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 7.718

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.107

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.737

# 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 4.410

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.603

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.937

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.484

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.303

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.521

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.493

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.449

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.319

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.632

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.901

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.083

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 9.153

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.468

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 0.371

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980

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	7:8.938	Passed

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