Cucumber Reports (no 6156) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6156	19 Feb 2026, 12:02

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:22.036	Passed

20.301

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 6.701

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 13.516

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.722

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.068

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 6.540

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.817

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.948

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.690

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.050

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.108

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 6.824

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.172

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.906

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.440

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.311

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

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

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 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:24.356

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.986

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.708

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.391

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.020

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 6.634

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.396

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.904

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.420

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 0.115

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

And I start the computer 0.708

And the computer boots Tails 33.522

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.067

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.776

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.109

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.123

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.036

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.832

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 6.511

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.147

And all notifications have disappeared 3.600

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.093

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.240

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.035

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.836

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.059

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.536

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.144

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.151

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.256

# 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 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.719

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.823

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 6.618

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.200

And all notifications have disappeared 3.737

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.299

# 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 3.902

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.163

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.626

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.682

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.589

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.258

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.973

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.255

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.331

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.038

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 6.673

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.066

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 9.780

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.500

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946

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	7:22.036	Passed

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