Cucumber Reports (no 6283) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6283	09 Apr 2026, 12:20

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:13.538	Passed

19.037

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.419

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 12.547

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.519

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 6.462

When the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.705

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.225

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.066

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.389

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.652

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.268

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.135

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.397

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.582

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.268

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.842

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 6.877

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.192

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.762

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.016

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 6.554

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.460

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.575

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.421

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.332

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 0.053

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

And I start the computer 0.748

And the computer boots Tails 36.140

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.381

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.309

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 7.041

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.118

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 19.075

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.032

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 6.889

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.604

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.346

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.963

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.242

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.104

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.360

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.485

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.295

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.290

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.055

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.881

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 6.725

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146

And all notifications have disappeared 3.739

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.313

# 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 4.328

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.833

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.003

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.371

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.407

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.018

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.279

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.273

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.621

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.175

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.131

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.077

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.473

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.474

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 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.057

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	6:13.538	Passed

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