Cucumber Reports (no 6181) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6181	02 Mar 2026, 11:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:3.606	Passed

20.305

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 6.633

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 13.587

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.176

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.597

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.991

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.274

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.236

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.320

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 6.621

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.210

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.213

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.736

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.193

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.278

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.821

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.846

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 6.409

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.181

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.798

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.451

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:6.073

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.871

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.206

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 57.022

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.966

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.565

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.050

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

And I start the computer 0.754

And the computer boots Tails 33.691

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.516

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.685

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 6.773

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.083

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 19.768

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.228

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 6.689

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 3.998

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.956

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.829

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.735

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.575

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.538

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.025

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.273

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:23.156

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.634

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.268

And all notifications have disappeared 3.823

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.731

# 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 4.184

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.243

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.593

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.563

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.444

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.281

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.580

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.357

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.277

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.248

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.529

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.080

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 9.261

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.358

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 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809

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	7:3.606	Passed

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