Cucumber Reports (no 6292) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6292	14 Apr 2026, 11:45

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:56.898	Passed

31.556

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.886

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 12.584

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.338

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 6.815

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.584

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.813

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.072

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.129

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.102

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.921

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.172

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.606

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.685

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.212

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.425

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.134

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.665

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.242

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.177

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.618

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.262

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 6.797

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.454

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.032

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.971

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.018

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.621

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.050

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.755

And the computer boots Tails 33.417

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.389

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.089

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 6.713

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.075

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 19.237

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.044

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 7.166

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.155

And all notifications have disappeared 3.932

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.669

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.549

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.228

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.755

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.267

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.407

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.297

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.301

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.037

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.809

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.212

And all notifications have disappeared 3.580

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.863

# 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 4.153

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.267

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.597

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.909

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.445

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.314

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.083

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.164

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.428

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.710

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 6.691

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 9.495

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.386

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 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810

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	6:56.898	Passed

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