Cucumber Reports (no 6252) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6252	01 Apr 2026, 11:14

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:24.867	Passed

19.872

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 6.735

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 13.040

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.014

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.669

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.832

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.880

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.551

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.024

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.942

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.237

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.354

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.859

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.231

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 0.322

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.031

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.063

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.286

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 53.248

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.425

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.558

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.187

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.920

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.252

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 54.614

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.394

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.842

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 0.051

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

And I start the computer 0.876

And the computer boots Tails 36.429

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.476

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.197

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 7.085

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 18.944

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.453

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 6.933

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.235

And all notifications have disappeared 4.048

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.072

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.330

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.682

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.003

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.958

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.546

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.004

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

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.003

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.526

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.231

And all notifications have disappeared 4.070

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.052

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.326

# 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 4.366

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.226

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.605

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.844

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.435

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.270

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.171

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.265

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.284

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.265

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.239

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 6.810

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.113

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 8.919

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.376

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 0.493

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.048

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	6:24.867	Passed

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