Cucumber Reports (no 6116) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6116	03 Feb 2026, 19:31

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:53.171	Passed

21.454

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.973

When the network is plugged 0.052

And I successfully configure Tor 13.375

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.392

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 8.123

When the network is plugged 0.053

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.009

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.920

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.224

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.091

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.003

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.201

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.103

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.544

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.573

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.537

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:7.333

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.968

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.272

And I warm reboot the computer 0.019

And the computer reboots Tails 58.310

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.761

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.123

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.928

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 8.085

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.847

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 58.655

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.328

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.105

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.445

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.153

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.023

And I start the computer 1.015

And the computer boots Tails 36.901

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.351

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.824

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.926

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.150

When the network is plugged 0.128

And I successfully configure Tor 20.569

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.400

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.146

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.136

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.201

And all notifications have disappeared 4.543

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.046

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.951

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.853

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.170

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.050

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.853

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.419

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.141

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.499

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.107

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.183

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.180

And all notifications have disappeared 4.502

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.048

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.032

# 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 4.180

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.787

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.045

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.398

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.401

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.150

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.501

# 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" 0.341

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.326

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.081

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.447

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 8.210

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

And the network is plugged 0.061

And Tor is ready 10.617

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.465

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 0.007

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.467

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909

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	6:53.171	Passed

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