Cucumber Reports (no 6247) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6247	30 Mar 2026, 11:53

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:30.074	Passed

19.340

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 6.415

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 12.850

Then 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 0.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.987

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 6.622

When the network is plugged 0.084

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.557

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.572

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.101

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.130

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.253

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.692

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.210

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.679

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.970

And I wait until Tor is ready 32.289

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.337

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:18.033

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 6.661

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.397

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.312

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.656

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:27.257

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.686

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.564

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:18.120

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.879

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.247

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 0.042

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.697

And the computer boots Tails 32.438

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.818

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 0.001

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 times out 1.098

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.878

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.700

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 6.751

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.269

And all notifications have disappeared 3.626

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.209

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.574

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.217

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.911

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.067

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.445

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.157

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.232

# 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 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.785

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 6.951

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.190

And all notifications have disappeared 3.658

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.351

# 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 4.501

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.223

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.532

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.895

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.362

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.310

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.159

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.153

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.188

# 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" 0.243

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.087

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.650

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 6.823

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.060

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 9.381

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.364

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 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916

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	7:30.074	Passed

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