Cucumber Reports (no 6219) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6219	20 Mar 2026, 11:07

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:35.018	Passed

19.597

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 6.607

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 12.875

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.089

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.325

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.128

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 6.536

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.337

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.699

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.475

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.137

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.418

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.177

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.455

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.767

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.023

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 0.238

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.137

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.563

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.198

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.808

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.560

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.891

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.687

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.195

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.599

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.402

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.058

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.052

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

And I start the computer 0.734

And the computer boots Tails 32.827

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.435

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.594

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.395

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 6.555

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.098

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.675

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.651

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.093

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 6.581

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.137

And all notifications have disappeared 3.547

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.696

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.823

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.994

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.091

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.554

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.093

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.186

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.942

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 6.598

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.183

And all notifications have disappeared 3.716

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.202

# 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 3.652

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.446

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.815

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.346

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.258

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.888

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.276

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.254

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.605

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.637

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 6.557

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.123

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 7.473

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.457

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 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.102

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	6:35.018	Passed

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