Cucumber Reports (no 6160) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6160	23 Feb 2026, 12:00

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:46.080	Passed

20.493

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.126

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 13.259

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.081

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.058

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.959

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 6.815

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.038

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.767

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.257

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.472

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.864

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.197

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.466

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.479

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.168

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.230

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.650

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.784

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 6.596

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.325

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.623

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.231

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.048

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.810

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.044

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.758

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.314

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.686

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.107

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.554

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 0.059

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

And I start the computer 0.837

And the computer boots Tails 35.347

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.302

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.605

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.259

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 7.047

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.082

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 21.034

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.755

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.539

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.849

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.176

And all notifications have disappeared 3.692

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.363

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.877

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.109

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.776

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.539

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.380

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.361

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.544

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 6.976

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.243

And all notifications have disappeared 3.744

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.810

# 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 4.177

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.484

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.929

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.633

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.330

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.143

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.440

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.274

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.662

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 7.355

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.098

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 8.850

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.341

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 0.607

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942

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	6:46.080	Passed

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