Cucumber Reports (no 6176) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6176	27 Feb 2026, 07:59

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:12.266	Passed

21.374

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.426

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 14.879

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.310

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 6.485

When the network is plugged 0.046

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.010

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.733

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.989

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.043

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.538

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.140

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.682

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.186

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.190

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.252

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.977

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.928

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 6.653

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.219

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.110

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.940

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:15.945

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 6.810

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.133

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.319

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.676

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.787

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 0.043

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.714

And the computer boots Tails 31.971

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.851

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 6.563

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.100

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.135

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.513

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 6.443

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171

And all notifications have disappeared 3.758

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.073

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.872

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.634

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.476

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.585

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.876

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.297

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.525

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.426

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.512

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.172

And all notifications have disappeared 3.893

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.205

# 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 4.140

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.737

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.191

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.397

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.254

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.098

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.179

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.197

# 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" 0.241

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

47.086

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.454

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.191

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 39.028

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.393

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 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.794

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	7:12.266	Passed

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