Cucumber Reports (no 6092) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6092	26 Jan 2026, 11:46

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:8.641	Passed

20.061

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 6.687

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 13.308

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.164

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.682

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.640

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.565

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.179

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.457

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 7.166

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.901

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.093

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.801

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 0.251

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.686

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.452

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 6.865

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.220

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.295

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.039

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 6.748

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.260

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 50.672

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.353

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.657

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 0.068

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.830

And the computer boots Tails 34.381

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.366

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.708

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 6.932

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 18.628

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.536

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 6.708

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148

And all notifications have disappeared 3.465

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.388

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.968

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.139

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.847

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.586

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.605

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.102

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.340

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.673

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 6.688

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 3.234

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.238

# 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 4.010

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.568

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.154

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.499

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.281

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.077

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.216

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.261

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.831

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.891

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 6.619

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.073

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 8.806

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.367

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 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.636

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	6:8.641	Passed

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