Cucumber Reports (no 6221) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6221	22 Mar 2026, 11:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:39.639	Passed

19.819

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.673

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.086

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.580

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 2.586

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.096

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.254

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.332

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.297

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.816

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.230

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.737

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.354

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.724

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.348

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.160

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.065

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.666

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.326

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.208

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.856

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.621

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.262

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 6.870

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.399

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.532

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.455

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.491

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 0.051

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

And I start the computer 0.767

And the computer boots Tails 33.384

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.280

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.665

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.664

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 6.636

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.864

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.809

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 6.665

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.833

And I capture all network traffic 0.011

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.157

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.828

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.101

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.771

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.416

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.091

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.214

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.241

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.546

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.823

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.195

And all notifications have disappeared 3.829

And I capture all network traffic 0.011

And the network is plugged 0.050

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.554

# 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 3.860

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.564

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.656

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.427

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.257

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.352

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.354

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.279

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.103

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.815

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.101

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 9.761

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.401

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 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.957

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	6:39.639	Passed

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