Cucumber Reports (no 6344) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6344	01 May 2026, 13:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:45.579	Passed

21.328

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 6.709

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 14.526

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.623

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.692

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 6.790

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.507

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.183

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.124

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.654

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.869

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.189

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.887

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.935

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.209

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.495

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.654

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.401

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.229

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.625

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.390

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.533

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.314

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

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" 1.395

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.020

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.957

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.825

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.060

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

And I start the computer 0.949

And the computer boots Tails 37.353

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.452

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.415

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.896

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.095

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 19.331

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.705

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.684

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.967

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.048

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.431

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.909

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.262

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.919

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.043

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.551

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.194

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.235

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.666

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.792

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.260

And all notifications have disappeared 3.490

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.252

# 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 4.571

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.289

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.671

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.078

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.442

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.275

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.618

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.408

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.269

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.322

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.973

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.090

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.670

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.564

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.358

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.129

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	6:45.579	Passed

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