Cucumber Reports (no 6261) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6261	04 Apr 2026, 06:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:55.890	Passed

19.244

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 6.491

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 12.673

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.031

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 6.528

When the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.286

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.232

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.909

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.131

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.603

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.923

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 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.482

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.211

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.290

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.601

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.003

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.248

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.667

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.071

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 6.398

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.222

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 45.585

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.859

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.513

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.393

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 6.418

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.974

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.678

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.317

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.507

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 0.728

And the computer boots Tails 31.665

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.020

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 6.480

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 17.397

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.901

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 6.447

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.195

And all notifications have disappeared 3.719

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.227

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.572

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.378

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.603

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.715

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.416

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.108

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.286

# 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 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.343

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 6.608

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 3.723

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.168

# 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 4.101

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.285

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.594

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.947

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.417

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.260

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.302

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.286

# 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" 0.283

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.453

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.659

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.086

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.198

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.487

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 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.527

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	5:55.890	Passed

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