Cucumber Reports (no 6190) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6190	10 Mar 2026, 06:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:42.747	Passed

21.012

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 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.173

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 13.762

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.278

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 6.844

When the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.502

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.665

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.187

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.835

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.317

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.228

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.448

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.328

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.936

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 0.504

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.644

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.208

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.197

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 47.598

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.632

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.510

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.380

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 6.572

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.812

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.662

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.325

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.991

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 0.055

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

And I start the computer 0.734

And the computer boots Tails 33.881

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.313

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.626

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.520

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.554

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.091

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 19.760

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.323

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 7.074

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.857

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.233

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.807

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.141

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.071

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.800

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.443

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.194

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.275

# 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 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.212

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 6.721

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.166

And all notifications have disappeared 3.915

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.335

# 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 3.958

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.600

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.764

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.580

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.245

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.281

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.547

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 6.465

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.094

And the network is plugged 0.025

And Tor is ready 8.502

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.453

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.200

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	6:42.747	Passed

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