Cucumber Reports (no 6212) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6212	17 Mar 2026, 13:01

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:36.066	Passed

20.351

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.831

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 13.438

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.735

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.717

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.331

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.341

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.281

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.148

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.826

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 6.733

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.211

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.389

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.889

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.273

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.257

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:7.081

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.897

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.290

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 59.118

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.766

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.274

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 6.804

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.472

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 55.879

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.113

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.747

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.053

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

And I start the computer 0.771

And the computer boots Tails 37.418

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.495

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.535

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 7.035

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 19.339

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.905

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.679

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.212

And all notifications have disappeared 3.926

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.575

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.919

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.353

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.917

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.502

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.071

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.334

# 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 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.302

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.127

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.202

And all notifications have disappeared 4.394

And I capture all network traffic 0.033

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.882

# 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 3.958

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.140

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.749

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.795

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.706

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.331

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.164

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.308

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.290

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.303

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 7.646

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

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 10.067

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.485

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.673

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	6:36.066	Passed

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