Cucumber Reports (no 6236) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6236	26 Mar 2026, 07:02

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:33.024	Passed

18.519

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.505

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 11.942

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.176

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 6.477

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.411

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.157

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.062

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.140

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.290

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.676

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.215

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.047

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.239

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.270

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.390

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.414

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.136

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 6.458

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.194

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.216

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.262

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.657

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 6.553

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.104

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.478

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.515

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.122

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.458

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 0.046

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

And I start the computer 0.767

And the computer boots Tails 32.581

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.358

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 6.593

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.093

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 17.596

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.600

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.483

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 3.708

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.838

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.659

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.202

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.718

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.867

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.377

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.101

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.249

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.249

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.600

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.136

And all notifications have disappeared 3.505

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.638

# 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 4.379

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.193

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.611

# 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 0.392

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.294

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.212

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.237

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.095

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.575

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.869

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 8.194

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.411

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974

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	6:33.024	Passed

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