Cucumber Reports (no 6197) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6197	12 Mar 2026, 14:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:18.478	Passed

20.006

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 7.419

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 12.513

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.034

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.042

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.551

When the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.372

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.853

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.185

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.351

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.170

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 7.403

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.207

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.540

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.303

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.334

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.282

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.160

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.935

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 7.201

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.261

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 53.068

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.396

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.182

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.271

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.921

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 48.752

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.229

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.069

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 0.052

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

And I start the computer 0.805

And the computer boots Tails 35.815

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.389

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.561

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.136

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.974

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 19.008

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.856

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.267

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 7.561

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.219

And all notifications have disappeared 3.947

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 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.369

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.693

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.151

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.828

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.181

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.480

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.144

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.265

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.281

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.993

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 7.406

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.218

And all notifications have disappeared 3.743

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.379

# 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" 1.252

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.515

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.630

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.558

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.360

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.249

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.216

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.313

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.610

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.673

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.174

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.107

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.966

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.405

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 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877

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	6:18.478	Passed

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