Cucumber Reports (no 6280) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6280	09 Apr 2026, 00:07

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:40.158	Passed

19.762

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 6.724

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 12.974

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.569

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 6.730

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.522

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.922

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.330

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.080

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 6.722

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.185

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.364

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.884

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.546

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.092

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.264

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:15.041

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 6.586

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.217

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.270

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.961

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.124

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 6.663

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.459

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.252

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.741

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.575

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.094

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 0.051

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.738

And the computer boots Tails 33.981

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.316

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.555

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.845

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.694

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 18.960

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.085

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.713

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.394

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 6.691

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.250

And all notifications have disappeared 3.904

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.727

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.549

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.211

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.924

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.247

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.456

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.924

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.243

# 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 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.631

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.735

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171

And all notifications have disappeared 3.992

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.618

# 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 4.028

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.203

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.484

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.749

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.406

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.269

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.245

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.268

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.286

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.613

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 6.665

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.072

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 8.389

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.462

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 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.123

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	6:40.158	Passed

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