Cucumber Reports (no 6180) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6180	02 Mar 2026, 08:04

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:43.744	Passed

20.416

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.628

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 13.712

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.621

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.354

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 6.502

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.990

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.432

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.354

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.636

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 6.730

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.293

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.463

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.225

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.618

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.224

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.158

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.828

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 6.556

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.216

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.690

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.358

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:18.958

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 6.474

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.487

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:9.672

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.316

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.850

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.057

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.726

And the computer boots Tails 31.997

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.991

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.575

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.283

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.616

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.087

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 6.614

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.319

And all notifications have disappeared 4.018

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.048

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.227

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.145

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.936

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.013

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.386

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.093

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.911

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.191

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.670

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.523

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184

And all notifications have disappeared 3.936

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.495

# 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 3.890

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.498

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.536

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.399

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.248

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.132

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.252

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.266

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.950

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.475

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.970

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.411

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 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	6:43.744	Passed

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