Cucumber Reports (no 6151) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6151	17 Feb 2026, 13:10

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:39.682	Passed

20.094

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.766

When the network is plugged 0.152

And I successfully configure Tor 13.126

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.145

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.689

When the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.067

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.118

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.168

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.160

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.372

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 6.881

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.224

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.139

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.022

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.622

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.399

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.582

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:8.190

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 6.709

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.378

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 59.894

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.201

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.562

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.331

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 6.837

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.489

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.791

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.207

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.987

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 0.062

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.776

And the computer boots Tails 33.777

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.362

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.623

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.278

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.556

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.075

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 20.591

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.305

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 6.796

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.792

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.050

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.094

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.194

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.234

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.157

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.417

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.941

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.162

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:23.684

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 7.132

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.209

And all notifications have disappeared 3.686

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.205

# 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 4.478

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.141

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.592

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.645

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.531

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.267

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.771

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.429

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.373

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.292

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 6.853

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.085

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.842

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.485

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

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800

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	7:39.682	Passed

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