Cucumber Reports (no 6349) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6349	04 May 2026, 14:01

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:22.497	Passed

20.526

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 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.317

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.121

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.494

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.290

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.789

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.002

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.336

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.587

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.714

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.823

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.178

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.794

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.303

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.253

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 0.299

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.107

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 6.621

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.243

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 55.476

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.760

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.520

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.377

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 6.741

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.625

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.442

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.561

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.681

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.071

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.021

And I start the computer 0.787

And the computer boots Tails 36.485

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.314

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.640

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 7.095

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.143

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 19.321

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.472

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 7.546

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.180

And all notifications have disappeared 3.580

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.085

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 5.101

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.013

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.903

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.474

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.138

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.495

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.439

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.331

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.471

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.657

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.170

And all notifications have disappeared 3.358

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.171

# 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 4.611

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.308

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.466

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.670

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.389

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.302

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.354

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.390

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.357

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.676

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.042

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 6.823

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.083

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 7.722

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.390

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 0.293

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944

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	6:22.497	Passed

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