Cucumber Reports (no 6168) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6168	25 Feb 2026, 11:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:29.296	Passed

20.017

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 6.438

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 13.515

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.293

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 6.515

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.363

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.386

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.954

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.129

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.905

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.459

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.540

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.759

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.449

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.456

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.607

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.666

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 6.569

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.210

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.967

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.914

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.891

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 6.606

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.279

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.334

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.665

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.808

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 0.681

And the computer boots Tails 32.021

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.741

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 6.458

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.069

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 19.142

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.389

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.648

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.199

And all notifications have disappeared 3.273

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.061

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.658

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.047

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.946

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.721

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.461

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.876

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 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.714

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.232

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 6.457

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 3.473

And I capture all network traffic 0.020

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.259

# 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 3.659

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.427

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.113

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.532

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.238

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.298

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.261

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.779

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.350

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.509

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.358

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.388

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 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766

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	6:29.296	Passed

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