Cucumber Reports (no 6346) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6346	02 May 2026, 11:16

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:59.469	Passed

18.538

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 6.349

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 12.117

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.046

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.015

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 6.392

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.861

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.704

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.984

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.590

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.756

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 6.371

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.175

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.316

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.467

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.107

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.248

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.132

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.644

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 6.513

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.181

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.702

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.240

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.894

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 6.468

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.437

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.753

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.229

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.407

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.047

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

And I start the computer 0.767

And the computer boots Tails 32.229

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.355

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.031

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.410

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.079

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 17.483

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.577

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.760

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 0.003

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146

And all notifications have disappeared 3.532

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.707

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.874

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.816

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.156

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.381

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.027

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.167

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.452

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 6.394

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.477

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.239

# 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 4.044

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.295

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.528

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.770

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.449

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.267

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.172

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.256

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.234

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.620

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.968

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 6.501

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

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 6.932

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.437

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 0.305

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993

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	5:59.469	Passed

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