Cucumber Reports (no 6118) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6118	04 Feb 2026, 11:27

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:20.413	Passed

18.983

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.594

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 12.309

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.713

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 6.538

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.419

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.188

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.510

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.650

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 6.486

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.227

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.277

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.223

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.105

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.266

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.130

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.902

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 6.444

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.207

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 43.822

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.423

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.177

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 6.512

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.664

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 47.351

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.642

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.278

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 0.048

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.719

And the computer boots Tails 32.445

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.546

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 6.498

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.122

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 18.862

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.103

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 6.505

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.190

And all notifications have disappeared 3.321

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.256

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.596

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.655

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.723

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.458

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.747

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.323

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.073

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.449

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 6.448

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 3.433

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.274

# 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 3.773

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.505

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.142

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.488

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.296

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.023

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.217

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.362

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.615

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.608

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 6.533

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.089

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.522

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.442

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 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963

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	6:20.413	Passed

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