Cucumber Reports (no 6352) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6352	05 May 2026, 12:50

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:22.041	Passed

20.484

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.145

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 13.227

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.081

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.936

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.625

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.330

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.698

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.214

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.398

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 6.635

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.180

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.538

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.602

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.103

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.265

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.079

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.218

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.586

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.232

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 52.705

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.685

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.075

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.851

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.701

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.162

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.966

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.016

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.968

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.098

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.054

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

And I start the computer 0.719

And the computer boots Tails 34.994

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.320

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.066

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 6.711

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.110

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 20.177

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.285

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.588

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 3.367

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.273

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.586

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.241

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.859

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.908

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.458

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.189

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.371

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.630

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.808

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 3.413

And I capture all network traffic 0.015

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.263

# 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 4.192

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.423

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.621

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.813

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.543

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.395

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.184

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.155

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.266

# 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" 0.281

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.070

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 6.957

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.126

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.561

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.402

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 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001

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	6:22.041	Passed

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