Cucumber Reports (no 6235) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6235	25 Mar 2026, 15:17

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:36.257	Passed

21.824

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 7.123

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 14.643

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.714

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.904

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 7.160

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.409

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.203

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.071

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.185

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 6.865

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.277

And I capture all network traffic 0.013

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.499

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.015

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.181

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.252

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.464

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 6.776

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.263

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 55.610

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.808

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:6.007

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 7.276

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.737

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 55.709

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.279

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.253

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 0.076

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

And I start the computer 0.937

And the computer boots Tails 37.829

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.400

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.887

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.888

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.111

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 18.817

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.275

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.883

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.334

And all notifications have disappeared 4.059

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.830

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.629

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.261

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.115

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.041

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.539

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.094

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.221

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.942

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.574

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.164

And all notifications have disappeared 4.393

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.720

# 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 4.139

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235

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" 14.998

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.523

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.255

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.131

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.353

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.321

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.431

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.512

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 0.003

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 1.185

And the network is plugged 0.031

And Tor is ready 9.948

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.581

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 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	6:36.257	Passed

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