Cucumber Reports (no 6257) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6257	02 Apr 2026, 11:08

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:27.837	Passed

18.435

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.528

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 11.839

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.598

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.293

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.664

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.935

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.975

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.665

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.982

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 6.387

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.158

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.951

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.111

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.073

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.225

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.602

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.207

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 6.402

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.271

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.295

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.233

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.952

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 6.445

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.514

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.449

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.538

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.666

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 0.045

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.725

And the computer boots Tails 31.835

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.050

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 6.400

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.079

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 47.521

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.582

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 6.661

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.155

And all notifications have disappeared 3.467

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.050

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.765

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.657

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.225

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.827

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.150

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.348

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.921

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.196

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.680

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 6.563

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.249

And all notifications have disappeared 3.747

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.635

# 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 4.398

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.238

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.425

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.849

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.413

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.295

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.195

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.999

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.329

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.266

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

45.986

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.681

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.096

And the network is plugged 0.028

And Tor is ready 37.770

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.406

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 0.311

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882

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	7:27.837	Passed

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