Cucumber Reports (no 6291) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6291	14 Apr 2026, 07:14

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:5.227	Passed

19.547

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 6.481

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 12.993

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.139

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 6.457

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.367

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.148

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.104

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.121

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.764

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 6.810

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.233

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.349

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.886

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.099

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.322

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.580

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 0.004

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.158

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 51.044

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.792

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.168

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 6.811

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.354

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 47.176

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.819

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.085

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 0.055

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

And I start the computer 0.834

And the computer boots Tails 32.902

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.284

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.124

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.766

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 6.691

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.087

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.916

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:27.090

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.709

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184

And all notifications have disappeared 3.814

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.061

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.242

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.669

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.304

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.846

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.872

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.411

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.312

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.457

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.832

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 6.476

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.172

And all notifications have disappeared 3.712

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.258

# 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" 1.262

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.454

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.911

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.405

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.288

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.303

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.338

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.775

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

46.251

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 6.565

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.080

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 38.166

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.420

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 0.297

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725

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	7:5.227	Passed

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