Cucumber Reports (no 6194) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6194	11 Mar 2026, 07:15

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:37.453	Passed

20.639

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 6.707

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 13.862

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.476

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.527

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.835

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.116

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.924

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.148

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.739

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.909

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 6.742

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.433

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.654

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.489

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.308

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.210

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.702

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:8.233

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 6.602

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.495

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 59.907

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.217

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.945

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 6.902

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.054

And I warm reboot the computer 0.025

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.884

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.157

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.062

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.735

And the computer boots Tails 34.049

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.302

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.117

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.633

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.077

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 21.346

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.656

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.007

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.531

And all notifications have disappeared 3.871

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.514

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.815

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.970

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.771

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.472

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.974

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.348

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.017

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.331

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.676

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.336

And all notifications have disappeared 3.959

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.869

# 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 3.926

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.587

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.251

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.548

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.306

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.186

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.926

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.232

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.290

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.984

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.470

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.123

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.811

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.558

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 0.303

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012

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	6:37.453	Passed

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