Cucumber Reports (no 6268) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6268	06 Apr 2026, 17:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:45.665	Passed

20.140

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 6.820

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.259

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.372

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 6.795

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.785

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.570

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.154

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.302

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.742

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.249

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.613

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.023

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.369

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.236

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.597

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 6.828

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.238

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.570

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.952

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:8.148

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 6.750

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.393

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 59.524

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.474

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.063

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.060

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

And I start the computer 0.802

And the computer boots Tails 35.819

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.371

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.103

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.532

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.185

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 6.987

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 20.037

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.294

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.881

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.199

And all notifications have disappeared 3.702

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.113

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.279

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.304

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.240

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.002

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.028

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.466

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.302

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.560

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.991

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 6.757

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.165

And all notifications have disappeared 4.070

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.408

# 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 4.240

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.256

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.657

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.099

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.522

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.351

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.553

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.338

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.321

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.569

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.263

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

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.785

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.422

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 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	6:45.665	Passed

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