Cucumber Reports (no 6277) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6277	08 Apr 2026, 14:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:25.346	Passed

19.730

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 6.738

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 12.923

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.019

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.523

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.572

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.621

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.238

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.684

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 6.869

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.309

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.859

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.773

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.421

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.364

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.348

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.226

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.265

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 54.516

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.333

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.056

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 0.002

Steps

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

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.102

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 54.556

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.446

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.848

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.064

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

And I start the computer 0.839

And the computer boots Tails 35.596

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.339

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.806

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 6.787

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.077

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.876

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.441

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.785

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.242

And all notifications have disappeared 4.049

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.083

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.307

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.710

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.227

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.830

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.018

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.447

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.321

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.208

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.663

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.133

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 6.577

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.176

And all notifications have disappeared 4.089

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.349

# 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 4.359

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.623

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.940

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.454

# "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" 1.155

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.227

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.251

# 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" 0.338

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.276

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 6.844

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.102

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 8.922

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.384

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 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723

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	6:25.346	Passed

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