Cucumber Reports (no 6204) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6204	15 Mar 2026, 11:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:10.234	Passed

20.001

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.725

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 13.197

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.618

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.550

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.541

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.430

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.022

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.814

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.996

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.181

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.513

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.384

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.419

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.249

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.308

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.509

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.215

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.509

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.106

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.791

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 6.747

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.042

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 49.454

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.540

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.965

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.059

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.760

And the computer boots Tails 33.626

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.510

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.057

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 7.106

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.112

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.766

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.579

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 6.610

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.207

And all notifications have disappeared 3.553

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.012

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.388

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.812

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.764

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.073

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.501

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.215

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.081

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.407

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 6.771

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 3.171

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.063

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.268

# 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 4.080

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.523

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.763

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.441

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.266

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.081

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.199

# 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" 0.306

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.687

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 6.783

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.125

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 9.343

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.416

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 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774

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	6:10.234	Passed

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