Cucumber Reports (no 6228) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6228	24 Mar 2026, 12:33

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:18.851	Passed

22.189

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.997

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 15.124

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.294

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.700

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.529

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.676

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.334

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.141

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.891

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.669

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.246

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.367

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.031

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.206

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.298

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.158

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.450

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.985

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.276

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.632

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.547

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.024

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 6.789

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.166

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.060

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.001

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.021

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 0.071

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

And I start the computer 0.839

And the computer boots Tails 35.622

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.478

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.097

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.114

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.387

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

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 19.581

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:26.368

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.711

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.201

And all notifications have disappeared 3.706

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.396

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.867

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.260

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.954

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.979

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.540

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.097

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.374

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.005

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.371

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.218

And all notifications have disappeared 4.099

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.442

# 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 4.275

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.271

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.559

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.813

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.510

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.274

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.131

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.265

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.355

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.343

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.123

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.493

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.759

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.135

And the network is plugged 0.022

And Tor is ready 8.968

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.602

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 0.326

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.174

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	7:18.851	Passed

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