Cucumber Reports (no 6245) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6245	29 Mar 2026, 10:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:16.809	Passed

20.237

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 6.641

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 13.514

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.206

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 6.796

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.364

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.723

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.238

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.278

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.821

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.197

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.296

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.438

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.104

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.337

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.119

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.573

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.274

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.100

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.166

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.164

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 6.572

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.601

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 52.524

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.458

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.711

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 0.050

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

And I start the computer 0.737

And the computer boots Tails 33.517

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.397

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.957

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.346

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.605

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.117

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 18.557

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.672

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.059

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 6.728

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.175

And all notifications have disappeared 3.918

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.175

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.664

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.242

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.925

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.327

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.390

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.955

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.304

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.065

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 6.632

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.178

And all notifications have disappeared 3.907

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.227

# 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 4.327

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.256

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.487

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.318

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.560

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.295

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.007

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.335

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.336

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.621

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 6.659

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.084

And the network is plugged 0.012

And Tor is ready 8.431

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.428

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 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966

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	6:16.809	Passed

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