Cucumber Reports (no 6337) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6337	30 Apr 2026, 07:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:54.576	Passed

20.485

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.621

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 12.782

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.517

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.815

When the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.671

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.722

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.223

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.139

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 6.786

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.192

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.479

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.814

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.443

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.336

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:15.843

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 6.565

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.266

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.690

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.315

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:17.010

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.768

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.234

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.976

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.026

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.629

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.078

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

And I start the computer 0.811

And the computer boots Tails 34.312

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.418

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.446

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

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

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.112

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 18.480

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.650

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.622

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.202

And all notifications have disappeared 3.888

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.628

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.753

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.226

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.187

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.826

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.451

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.221

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.327

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.600

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 6.719

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.371

And all notifications have disappeared 3.719

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.247

# 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 4.643

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.275

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.488

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.131

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.487

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.329

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.335

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.327

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.296

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.252

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 6.682

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088

And the network is plugged 0.031

And Tor is ready 10.023

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.425

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 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859

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	6:54.576	Passed

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