Cucumber Reports (no 6158) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6158	21 Feb 2026, 11:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:50.778	Passed

19.641

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 7.247

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 12.331

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.315

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.276

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.259

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.344

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.313

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.284

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.481

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.129

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.676

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 7.484

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.256

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.469

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.651

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.326

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.135

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.316

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.276

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.505

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.149

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.178

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.436

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.002

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.214

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.794

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.944

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.004

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 0.046

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

And I start the computer 0.744

And the computer boots Tails 34.920

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.284

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.663

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.175

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.432

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.194

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.460

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.265

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 7.335

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.218

And all notifications have disappeared 4.064

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.323

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.949

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.041

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.083

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.562

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.125

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.076

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.213

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:24.488

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.423

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.219

And all notifications have disappeared 3.733

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.971

# 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 3.943

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.743

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.671

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.611

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.313

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.156

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.755

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.496

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.241

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.074

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.970

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.923

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.065

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.504

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.455

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 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732

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	6:50.778	Passed

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