Cucumber Reports (no 6295) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6295	14 Apr 2026, 12:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:48.858	Passed

19.436

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.779

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 12.579

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.142

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.403

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.869

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.380

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.697

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.392

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.493

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.932

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.200

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.467

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.374

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.163

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 0.277

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.594

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:7.737

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 6.932

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.209

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 59.672

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.917

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.933

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.872

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.060

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.537

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.457

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.110

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 0.003

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 0.759

And the computer boots Tails 33.854

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.432

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.611

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.348

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 6.771

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

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 18.437

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.775

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.929

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 6.846

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 3.824

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.101

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.433

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.630

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.243

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.186

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.035

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.482

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.483

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.271

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:5.794

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.776

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 3.753

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.248

# 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 4.151

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.379

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.578

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.827

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.391

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.319

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.311

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.355

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.312

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.672

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.109

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 9.944

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.587

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.831

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	6:48.858	Passed

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