Cucumber Reports (no 6213) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6213	17 Mar 2026, 20:26

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:9.219	Passed

50.648

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 6.914

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 43.678

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.349

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.007

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.714

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.468

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.493

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.247

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.186

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 6.754

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.320

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.866

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.410

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.482

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 0.277

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:8.505

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 6.718

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.258

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.135

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.385

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:8.200

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.952

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.252

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 59.128

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.863

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.587

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.624

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.064

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

And I start the computer 0.852

And the computer boots Tails 35.399

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.299

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.311

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 6.913

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.159

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 20.135

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.082

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.605

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 7.303

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.266

And all notifications have disappeared 3.812

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.096

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.288

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.198

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.177

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.635

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.766

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.468

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.295

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.570

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 6.833

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.945

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.960

# 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 3.803

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.627

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.344

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.498

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.295

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.176

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.135

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.260

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.257

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.558

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 7.126

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.090

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 9.923

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.391

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 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947

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	7:9.219	Passed

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