Cucumber Reports (no 6238) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6238	26 Mar 2026, 12:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:25.203	Passed

20.462

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.757

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 13.652

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.770

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.644

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.367

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.529

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.154

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.780

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.996

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.216

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.478

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.021

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.724

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.253

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 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.207

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 6.957

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.192

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 54.687

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.362

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:6.920

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.933

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.985

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 56.753

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.243

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.329

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" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.763

And the computer boots Tails 34.181

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.322

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.802

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 6.741

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.072

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 17.926

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.079

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.931

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 3.898

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.098

And the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.161

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.937

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.811

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.667

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.439

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.141

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.318

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.895

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.770

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.279

And all notifications have disappeared 3.875

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.206

# 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 4.254

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.467

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.879

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.520

# "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" 1.146

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.322

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.219

# 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" 0.388

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.953

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.715

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.077

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 8.692

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.450

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 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006

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	6:25.203	Passed

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