Cucumber Reports (no 6070) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6070	15 Jan 2026, 17:18

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:13.214	Passed

20.085

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.296

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 12.735

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.968

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.518

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 7.197

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.362

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.748

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.140

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.590

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.981

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.162

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.149

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.214

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.810

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.106

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.461

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.931

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 7.057

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.308

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.107

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.452

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.064

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 7.016

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.046

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.032

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.963

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.378

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 0.049

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

And I start the computer 0.853

And the computer boots Tails 33.372

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.095

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.255

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 7.352

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.078

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 18.756

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.898

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 7.067

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.201

And all notifications have disappeared 3.962

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.491

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.800

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.995

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.066

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.478

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.139

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.026

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.346

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.637

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.886

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 6.931

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 4.287

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.401

# 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 3.998

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.620

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.677

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.393

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.236

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.139

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.148

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.346

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.214

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 7.173

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.094

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 9.515

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.412

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 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	6:13.214	Passed

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