Cucumber Reports (no 6105) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6105	29 Jan 2026, 16:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:43.450	Passed

20.861

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.928

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 13.859

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.253

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.206

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.019

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.582

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.365

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.522

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 6.853

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.300

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.190

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.634

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.181

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

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 0.160

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.842

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 6.706

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.382

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.715

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.097

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.943

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 6.829

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.114

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.445

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.548

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.095

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.018

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.068

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

And I start the computer 1.052

And the computer boots Tails 34.479

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.408

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.386

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.003

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

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 20.223

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.789

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 6.772

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.208

And all notifications have disappeared 3.491

And I capture all network traffic 0.011

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.917

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.984

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.935

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.756

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.582

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.453

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.285

# 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 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.361

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 6.780

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 3.856

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.907

# 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 3.928

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.156

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.488

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.216

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.579

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.327

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.090

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.299

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.252

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.165

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.470

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.887

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.125

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.027

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.407

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 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.263

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	6:43.450	Passed

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