Cucumber Reports (no 6200) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6200	13 Mar 2026, 07:18

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:29.196	Passed

19.931

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 6.524

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.350

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.614

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 6.553

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.413

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.404

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.184

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.142

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.057

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.802

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 6.505

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.165

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.632

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.317

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.677

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.401

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.262

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.754

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.206

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.583

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.707

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.924

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 6.612

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.313

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 57.027

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.161

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 0.143

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.886

And the computer boots Tails 33.074

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.284

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 6.749

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 48.397

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.763

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.540

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 3.883

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.049

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.259

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.173

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.053

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.629

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.521

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.942

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.242

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.454

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 6.594

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 3.835

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.142

# 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 4.170

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.141

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.502

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.074

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.518

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.224

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.348

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.289

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.264

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.607

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.997

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 6.543

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.085

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.887

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.460

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 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.081

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	7:29.196	Passed

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