Cucumber Reports (no 6241) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6241	27 Mar 2026, 17:35

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:26.964	Passed

18.607

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 6.511

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 12.036

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.968

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.327

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 6.581

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.330

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.385

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.969

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.926

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 6.568

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.187

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.342

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.419

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.097

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.244

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.045

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 6.723

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.208

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 46.519

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.586

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.544

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.306

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 6.545

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.769

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 46.738

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.245

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.649

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.057

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.716

And the computer boots Tails 32.541

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.325

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.677

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 6.599

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.074

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 17.946

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.294

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.546

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.141

And all notifications have disappeared 3.854

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.216

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.615

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.219

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.866

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

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

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.407

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.209

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.364

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.356

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.143

And all notifications have disappeared 3.491

And I capture all network traffic 0.011

And the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.143

# 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 4.148

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.224

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.523

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.880

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.384

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.277

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.976

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.280

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.279

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

45.764

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.504

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

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 37.787

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.379

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 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.662

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	6:26.964	Passed

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