Cucumber Reports (no 6338) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6338	30 Apr 2026, 11:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:6.858	Passed

20.396

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.997

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 13.315

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.589

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.924

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 7.070

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.351

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.742

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.689

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.160

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.606

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 6.708

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.238

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.855

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.335

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.122

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.276

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.453

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 6.642

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.204

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 50.537

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.892

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.702

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.188

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.177

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.818

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.449

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.060

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

And I start the computer 0.757

And the computer boots Tails 34.254

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.370

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.014

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 6.952

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 17.921

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.838

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 6.676

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.176

And all notifications have disappeared 3.714

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.180

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.598

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.272

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.974

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.852

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.380

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.475

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.231

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.783

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.441

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.875

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 3.533

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.178

# 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 4.177

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.429

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.504

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.989

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.448

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.297

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.096

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.236

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.316

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.746

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.840

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 7.038

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.134

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 7.248

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.393

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 0.010

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767

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	6:6.858	Passed

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