Cucumber Reports (no 6286) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6286	11 Apr 2026, 07:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:45.124	Passed

20.303

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 6.763

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 13.447

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.870

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 6.834

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.856

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.412

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.696

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.195

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 6.572

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.201

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.489

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.590

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.985

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.305

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.983

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.627

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.190

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.235

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.924

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.039

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.906

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.125

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 52.740

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.260

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.629

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.821

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 0.069

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.875

And the computer boots Tails 33.795

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.136

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.662

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 18.318

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.942

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.874

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.180

And all notifications have disappeared 3.683

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.049

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.232

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.544

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.970

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.991

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.401

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.151

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.268

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.275

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.265

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 6.750

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.186

And all notifications have disappeared 3.615

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.264

# 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 4.066

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.292

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.551

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.909

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.396

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.372

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.023

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.276

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.333

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.565

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 6.603

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.117

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.428

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.393

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931

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	6:45.124	Passed

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