Cucumber Reports (no 6274) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6274	07 Apr 2026, 18:40

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:19.690	Passed

19.094

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 6.513

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 12.516

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.831

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 6.460

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.452

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.521

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.337

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.582

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.540

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.179

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.455

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.722

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.364

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.242

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:18.017

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.644

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.232

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:9.801

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.332

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:20.173

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 6.613

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.559

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:11.494

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.498

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.615

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.586

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 0.131

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

And I start the computer 0.800

And the computer boots Tails 32.599

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.649

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.511

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 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.529

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.084

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 18.835

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.195

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 6.476

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 3.557

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.156

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.009

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.198

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.700

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.339

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.439

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.645

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.254

# 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 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.439

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 6.618

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.210

And all notifications have disappeared 3.613

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.181

# 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 4.514

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.194

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.445

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.002

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.380

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.284

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.268

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.256

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.259

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.669

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.258

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.692

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.084

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 9.030

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.434

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 0.352

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726

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	7:19.690	Passed

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