Cucumber Reports (no 6214) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6214	18 Mar 2026, 07:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:44.305	Passed

20.026

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.542

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.418

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.649

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 6.557

When the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.316

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.598

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.113

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.130

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.713

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 6.465

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.268

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.892

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.926

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.859

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.231

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.397

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 6.660

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.218

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.998

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.512

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.831

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:15.067

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 6.594

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.464

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.319

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.682

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.871

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 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.057

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

And I start the computer 0.759

And the computer boots Tails 33.754

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.292

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.549

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.930

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.073

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 19.494

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.633

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.632

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.211

And all notifications have disappeared 3.780

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.066

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.863

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.856

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.617

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.607

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.539

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.878

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.258

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.792

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.624

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.308

And all notifications have disappeared 3.667

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.976

# 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 3.939

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.638

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.726

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.481

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.282

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.202

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.246

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.385

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.604

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.545

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

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 9.597

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.355

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 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.034

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	6:44.305	Passed

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