Cucumber Reports (no 6147) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6147	14 Feb 2026, 11:45

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:59.805	Passed

19.345

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 6.584

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 12.688

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.594

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 6.671

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.440

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.160

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.263

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.119

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.061

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.754

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 6.450

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.288

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.996

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.378

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.292

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.266

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.866

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 6.417

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.254

And I warm reboot the computer 0.024

And the computer reboots Tails 50.077

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.092

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.739

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.118

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 6.409

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.751

And I warm reboot the computer 0.031

And the computer reboots Tails 45.872

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.075

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.909

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 0.003

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 0.752

And the computer boots Tails 33.042

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.643

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 6.757

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 18.727

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.028

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 6.440

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.811

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.426

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.800

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.869

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.275

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.527

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.085

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.988

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.382

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.008

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 6.609

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171

And all notifications have disappeared 3.660

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.514

# 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 3.985

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.475

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.132

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.370

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.291

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.991

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.241

# 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" 0.251

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.536

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.082

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.535

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 6.753

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.230

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.456

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 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976

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	5:59.805	Passed

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