Cucumber Reports (no 6246) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6246	30 Mar 2026, 07:31

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:3.374	Passed

20.049

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.731

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 13.252

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.449

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 6.644

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.565

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.081

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.100

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.884

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.763

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.489

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.030

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.095

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.217

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:21.402

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 6.457

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.226

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:13.983

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.728

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:22.966

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.611

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.358

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:14.202

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.788

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.787

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 0.776

And the computer boots Tails 33.606

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.345

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.629

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.561

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.074

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 18.933

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.530

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.706

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.132

And all notifications have disappeared 3.658

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 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.237

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.684

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.234

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.781

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.968

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.428

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.153

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.159

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.262

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.170

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.844

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.201

And all notifications have disappeared 3.948

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.305

# 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 4.208

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.232

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.705

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.726

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.503

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.267

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.455

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.292

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.288

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.503

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 6.716

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.084

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 9.345

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.338

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 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.070

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	7:3.374	Passed

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