Cucumber Reports (no 6278) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6278	08 Apr 2026, 18:17

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:42.323	Passed

19.895

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.765

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 13.039

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.083

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 6.608

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.439

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.519

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.448

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.852

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.840

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.187

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.373

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.646

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.315

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.095

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.332

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.944

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.820

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.204

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.307

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.605

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.006

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 6.819

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.198

And I warm reboot the computer 0.025

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.788

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.174

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.353

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 0.076

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.845

And the computer boots Tails 35.062

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.357

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.386

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.819

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.101

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 19.375

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.388

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.653

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.236

And all notifications have disappeared 4.494

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 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.428

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.777

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.259

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.945

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.443

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.450

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.209

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.263

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.724

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.780

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.209

And all notifications have disappeared 4.103

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.212

# 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 4.583

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.308

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.584

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.823

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.447

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.310

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.439

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 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.379

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.689

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.014

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.079

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 9.217

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.351

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002

	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	6:42.323	Passed

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