Cucumber Reports (no 6110) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6110	31 Jan 2026, 07:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:25.504	Passed

18.644

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 6.413

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 12.173

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.319

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 6.399

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.502

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.269

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.076

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.636

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 6.448

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.132

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.509

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.846

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.399

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.216

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.171

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 6.490

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.187

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.830

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.655

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.931

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 6.431

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.513

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.785

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.195

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.408

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 0.045

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

And I start the computer 0.715

And the computer boots Tails 31.581

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.819

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 6.472

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

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 18.223

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:25.262

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 6.449

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171

And all notifications have disappeared 3.453

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.073

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.215

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.669

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.605

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.079

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.512

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.357

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.374

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.210

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 6.604

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.351

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.052

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.219

# 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 3.664

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.506

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.174

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.406

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.284

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.018

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.228

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.244

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.101

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 6.444

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 8.211

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.349

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 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043

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	6:25.504	Passed

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