Cucumber Reports (no 6114) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6114	03 Feb 2026, 08:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:35.073	Passed

19.660

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 6.496

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 13.083

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.870

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 6.593

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.468

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.620

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.127

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.130

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.467

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 6.606

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.181

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.029

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.287

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.074

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.220

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.587

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.915

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.526

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.214

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.289

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.877

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.555

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:15.312

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 6.436

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.878

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.731

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.260

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.197

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 0.044

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.681

And the computer boots Tails 31.414

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.675

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 6.499

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.092

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 19.022

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.159

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 6.437

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184

And all notifications have disappeared 3.658

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.861

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.693

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.465

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.764

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.431

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.097

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.228

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.506

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 6.601

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.151

And all notifications have disappeared 3.603

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.882

# 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 4.128

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.644

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.160

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.419

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.229

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.094

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.953

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.195

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.243

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.307

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 6.632

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.090

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 10.191

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.375

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 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.634

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	6:35.073	Passed

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