Cucumber Reports (no 6225) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6225	23 Mar 2026, 20:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:23.877	Passed

21.140

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 7.362

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 13.713

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.255

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.306

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.433

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.441

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.011

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.647

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 7.629

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.185

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.227

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.978

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.280

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 0.277

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.482

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 7.076

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.278

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.830

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.283

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.064

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.289

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.775

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.735

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.257

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.115

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.054

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.777

And the computer boots Tails 34.929

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.348

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.073

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.700

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.104

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 19.181

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.733

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 0.013

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.487

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.738

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.080

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.478

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.816

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.272

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.244

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.624

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.466

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.740

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.378

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.420

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.062

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.316

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.216

And all notifications have disappeared 3.946

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.193

# 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 4.527

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.278

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.685

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

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

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.419

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.290

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.476

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.421

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.326

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.300

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.741

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.085

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 9.884

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.569

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 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736

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	7:23.877	Passed

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