Cucumber Reports (no 6126) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6126	07 Feb 2026, 11:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:21.307	Passed

20.140

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 6.495

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.576

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.084

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 6.670

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.870

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.224

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.253

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.025

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 6.995

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.235

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.767

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.383

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.316

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 0.251

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.366

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.300

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.268

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 49.631

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.150

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.652

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 6.899

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.750

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.751

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.245

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.106

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.405

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.060

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.855

And the computer boots Tails 36.105

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.374

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.940

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 6.910

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 19.896

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.616

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.547

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 6.501

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.181

And all notifications have disappeared 4.156

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.322

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.899

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.878

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.374

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.543

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.229

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:23.023

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.821

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 3.843

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.952

# 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 3.853

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.839

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.924

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.612

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.247

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.737

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.394

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.248

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.122

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 6.826

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.077

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 39.817

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.380

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 0.328

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973

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	7:21.307	Passed

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