Cucumber Reports (no 6149) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6149	16 Feb 2026, 11:50

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:3.794	Passed

19.931

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 6.483

When the network is plugged 0.045

And I successfully configure Tor 13.354

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.703

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 6.501

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.469

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.658

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.002

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.132

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.415

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 6.610

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.270

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.293

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.412

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.549

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.666

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.333

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 6.494

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.259

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.724

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.848

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.041

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.548

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.501

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.390

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.595

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.695

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 0.049

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

And I start the computer 0.820

And the computer boots Tails 32.766

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.289

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 6.638

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.096

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 48.501

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.322

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.551

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.399

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 6.518

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.222

And all notifications have disappeared 3.906

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.359

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.807

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.976

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.661

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.432

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.906

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.247

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.154

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 6.545

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.202

And all notifications have disappeared 3.844

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.744

# 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 4.284

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.439

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.295

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.401

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.284

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.236

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.124

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.257

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.291

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.829

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 6.495

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.080

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 9.805

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.419

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 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	7:3.794	Passed

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