Cucumber Reports (no 6296) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6296	14 Apr 2026, 13:58

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:17.697	Passed

21.489

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 7.452

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 13.930

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.081

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.562

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.081

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.535

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.236

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.632

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.143

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 6.992

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.179

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.897

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.058

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.678

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 0.275

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:8.085

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 6.628

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.255

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.085

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.103

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.612

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:15.286

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.725

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.570

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.085

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.899

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.105

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.794

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 0.195

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

And I start the computer 0.956

And the computer boots Tails 37.270

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.363

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.515

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 7.188

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 0.154

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 20.096

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.165

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.596

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.191

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171

And all notifications have disappeared 3.614

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.124

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.724

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.874

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.271

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.126

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.314

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.491

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.211

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.260

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.032

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:23.655

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 7.064

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.197

And all notifications have disappeared 3.785

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.595

# 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 4.518

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.653

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.833

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.458

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.238

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.125

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.103

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.435

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.337

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.567

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.102

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.099

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.898

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.445

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 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.161

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	7:17.697	Passed

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