Cucumber Reports (no 6248) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6248	30 Mar 2026, 15:02

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:14.348	Passed

20.275

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.896

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 13.314

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.869

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.608

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.513

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.722

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.943

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.171

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.129

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.234

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.471

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.330

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.627

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.320

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.314

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 6.802

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.241

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.778

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.483

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.796

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.801

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.006

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.702

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.275

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.725

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 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.078

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

And I start the computer 0.886

And the computer boots Tails 34.423

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.327

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.536

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 6.701

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.098

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 49.644

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.972

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.649

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.205

And all notifications have disappeared 3.751

And I capture all network traffic 0.012

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.175

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.983

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.238

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.886

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.714

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.448

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.275

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

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.829

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.741

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.027

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.446

# 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 4.319

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.335

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.838

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.039

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.449

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.321

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.141

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.256

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.372

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.254

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.858

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.025

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.078

And the network is plugged 0.012

And Tor is ready 10.278

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.459

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.715

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	7:14.348	Passed

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