Cucumber Reports (no 6123) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6123	05 Feb 2026, 15:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:2.861	Passed

25.161

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.950

When the network is plugged 0.051

And I successfully configure Tor 16.106

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.390

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.811

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.203

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 8.424

When the network is plugged 0.549

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.459

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.215

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.502

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.299

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.579

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.704

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.219

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.063

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.051

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.663

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.197

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.622

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.358

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.307

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 8.415

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.248

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.560

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.137

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.715

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.096

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.610

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.517

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.477

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

42.632

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 0.171

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.028

And I start the computer 1.088

And the computer boots Tails 40.782

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.562

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.375

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 8.657

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

When the network is plugged 0.067

And I successfully configure Tor 20.503

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.396

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.581

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.970

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.175

And all notifications have disappeared 4.742

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.076

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.897

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.084

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.456

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.311

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.423

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.165

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.295

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.660

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.416

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:7.195

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 13.664

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.551

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.814

# 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 4.515

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.894

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.327

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 1.833

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.382

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.192

Then I wait until Tor is ready 8.504

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.596

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.448

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.428

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.108

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

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

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.113

And the network is plugged 0.074

And Tor is ready 42.574

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.850

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.006

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.017

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.528

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.933

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	8:2.861	Passed

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