Cucumber Reports (no 6144) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6144	12 Feb 2026, 12:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:24.601	Passed

19.195

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 6.513

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 12.624

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.380

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 6.606

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.390

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.145

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.169

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.127

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.385

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.533

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.161

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.871

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.308

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.211

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.229

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:7.718

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 6.579

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.280

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 59.917

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.933

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.922

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 6.692

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.231

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.820

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.172

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.968

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 0.046

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

And I start the computer 0.709

And the computer boots Tails 32.126

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.079

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.495

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 6.611

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.070

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.753

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.861

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.442

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.141

And all notifications have disappeared 3.605

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.012

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.865

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.858

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.584

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.540

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.378

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.171

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.835

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.202

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.729

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.387

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 6.447

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.142

And all notifications have disappeared 3.669

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.236

# 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 4.110

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.192

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.513

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

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

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.363

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.237

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.104

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.199

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.297

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.285

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 6.576

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.097

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 8.247

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.347

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 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780

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	6:24.601	Passed

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