Cucumber Reports (no 6249) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6249	31 Mar 2026, 07:02

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:55.355	Passed

19.339

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.325

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 12.960

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.630

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 6.381

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.998

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.836

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.358

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.214

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 6.415

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.222

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.979

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.991

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.322

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.220

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.691

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 6.652

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.176

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 45.506

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.349

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.968

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 6.374

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.587

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 49.506

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.489

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.453

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 0.043

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

And I start the computer 0.694

And the computer boots Tails 31.660

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.973

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.661

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.114

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 17.142

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.982

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 6.446

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.159

And all notifications have disappeared 3.411

And I capture all network traffic 0.029

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.073

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.847

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.689

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.231

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.643

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.395

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.496

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.141

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.253

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.880

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.570

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.175

And all notifications have disappeared 3.441

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.211

# 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 4.245

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.279

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.624

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.806

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.420

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.305

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.974

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 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.317

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.221

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.769

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.106

And the network is plugged 0.044

And Tor is ready 7.883

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.413

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 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812

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	5:55.355	Passed

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