Cucumber Reports (no 6284) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6284	09 Apr 2026, 14:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:44.437	Passed

20.613

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 7.041

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 13.505

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.157

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.054

When the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.383

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.009

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.605

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.373

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.237

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.254

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.532

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.552

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.374

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.354

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.522

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.974

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.216

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.600

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.724

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.631

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.237

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 7.388

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.867

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.353

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.622

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.581

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.066

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

And I start the computer 0.801

And the computer boots Tails 36.317

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.386

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.633

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.398

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 6.781

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.078

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 19.474

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.645

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 7.577

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.239

And all notifications have disappeared 3.786

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.720

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.649

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.211

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.323

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.945

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.432

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.143

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.348

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.120

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 6.938

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.251

And all notifications have disappeared 3.947

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.176

# 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 4.536

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.266

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.545

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.769

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.502

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.345

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.191

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.275

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.271

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.787

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 6.697

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.205

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.412

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.449

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 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854

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	6:44.437	Passed

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