Cucumber Reports (no 6059) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6059	14 Jan 2026, 07:52

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:3.436	Passed

19.417

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.536

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 12.827

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.932

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.741

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.542

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.413

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.163

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.325

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.642

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.159

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.590

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.935

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.671

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.245

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.638

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.074

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.691

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.814

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 1.294

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 46.093

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.483

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.980

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 6.718

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.264

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.359

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.632

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.132

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.079

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.228

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 0.060

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

And I start the computer 0.758

And the computer boots Tails 34.051

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.348

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.963

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 6.706

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.084

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 19.111

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.606

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.682

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.883

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.242

And all notifications have disappeared 4.046

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.077

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.365

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.777

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.195

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.881

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.407

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.212

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.239

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.268

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 6.666

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.194

And all notifications have disappeared 3.621

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.640

# 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 3.831

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.202

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.577

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.969

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.473

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.283

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.070

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.284

# 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" 0.276

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.946

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 6.824

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.069

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 9.603

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.426

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 0.376

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021

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	6:3.436	Passed

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