Cucumber Reports (no 6075) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6075	17 Jan 2026, 11:40

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:54.960	Passed

18.982

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 6.554

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 12.369

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.036

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.460

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 6.428

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.253

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.571

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.151

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.304

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 6.486

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.177

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.367

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.415

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.555

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.221

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.262

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 6.459

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.180

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 49.144

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.470

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.991

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 6.582

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.417

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.524

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.462

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.346

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 0.046

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

And I start the computer 0.781

And the computer boots Tails 32.464

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.907

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 6.564

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

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.207

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.751

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.571

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 6.474

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.164

And all notifications have disappeared 3.160

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.483

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.696

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.615

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.064

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.420

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.833

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.281

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.521

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 6.526

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.161

And all notifications have disappeared 3.266

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.201

# 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 4.030

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.543

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.500

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.485

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.246

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.820

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.154

# 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" 0.265

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.611

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 6.829

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.119

And the network is plugged 0.038

And Tor is ready 9.278

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.342

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 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851

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	5:54.960	Passed

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