Cucumber Reports (no 6285) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6285	10 Apr 2026, 11:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:28.217	Passed

19.481

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 6.576

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 12.817

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.580

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.051

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 6.543

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.787

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.187

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.453

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.160

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.999

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.172

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 6.622

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.204

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.049

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.137

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.663

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.099

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.355

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.140

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.866

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 6.536

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.191

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 46.692

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.438

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.948

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 6.553

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.405

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 50.007

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.965

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.320

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 0.051

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.730

And the computer boots Tails 33.205

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.326

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.186

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 6.492

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.082

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.530

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:25.279

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.690

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.737

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.853

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.625

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.311

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.876

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.863

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.415

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.163

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.337

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.783

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 6.594

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.512

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.657

# 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 4.420

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.187

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.544

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.279

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.346

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.341

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.089

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.092

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.181

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.329

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.126

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.577

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

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 7.083

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.366

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 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941

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	6:28.217	Passed

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