Cucumber Reports (no 6155) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6155	18 Feb 2026, 19:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:37.192	Passed

19.355

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 6.776

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 12.481

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.552

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.230

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 6.846

When the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.222

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.748

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.332

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.158

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.903

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.217

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.193

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.920

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.823

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.314

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.335

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.729

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.988

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.173

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 57.361

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.198

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:8.915

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 6.534

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.389

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.020

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.962

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.053

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 0.058

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

And I start the computer 0.853

And the computer boots Tails 35.784

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.347

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.638

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 6.963

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.072

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 19.531

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.267

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.662

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.264

And all notifications have disappeared 3.711

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.385

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.074

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.168

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.753

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 1.237

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.293

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.302

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.481

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.709

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.978

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.977

# 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 3.933

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.642

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.756

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.417

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.274

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.594

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.376

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.084

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.287

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.616

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.013

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.086

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.971

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.522

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 0.347

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126

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	6:37.192	Passed

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