Cucumber Reports (no 6122) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6122	05 Feb 2026, 13:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:24.163	Passed

20.044

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.008

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.961

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.809

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 7.020

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.509

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.829

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.366

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.775

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 7.012

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.182

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.523

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.397

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.274

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 0.320

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.228

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 6.665

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.263

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.104

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.189

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.920

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.643

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.281

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 54.179

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.811

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.599

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.083

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.826

And the computer boots Tails 36.295

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.380

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.641

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.905

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 6.973

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

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.768

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.013

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 7.120

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.194

And all notifications have disappeared 3.475

And I capture all network traffic 0.012

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.774

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.825

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.236

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.810

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.523

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.146

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.437

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.089

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 6.986

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.165

And all notifications have disappeared 3.801

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.514

# 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 4.489

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.172

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.501

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.673

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.551

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.261

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.138

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.180

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.309

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.270

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.775

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.018

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.105

And the network is plugged 0.031

And Tor is ready 9.062

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.552

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 0.333

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813

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	6:24.163	Passed

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