Cucumber Reports (no 6113) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6113	02 Feb 2026, 12:46

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:59.520	Passed

22.386

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.197

When the network is plugged 0.077

And I successfully configure Tor 14.058

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.370

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.091

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.615

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.210

When the network is plugged 0.101

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.153

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.612

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.492

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.316

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.397

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.098

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.272

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.302

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.837

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.145

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.627

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.708

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.885

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.476

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.257

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.354

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.783

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.868

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.987

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.864

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.543

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.453

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.121

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.061

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.647

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.156

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 1.111

And the computer boots Tails 37.977

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.376

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.079

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.245

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.099

When the network is plugged 0.059

And I successfully configure Tor 19.627

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.379

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.774

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.200

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.204

And all notifications have disappeared 4.639

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.091

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.245

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.237

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.156

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.490

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.910

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.344

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.187

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.225

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.731

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.388

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.980

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.471

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.229

And all notifications have disappeared 4.648

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.070

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.847

# 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 3.884

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.177

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.723

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.013

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.330

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.320

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.173

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.107

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.543

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.381

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.323

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.885

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.256

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.084

And the network is plugged 0.065

And Tor is ready 9.969

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.503

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 0.474

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924

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	6:59.520	Passed

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