Cucumber Reports (no 6368) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6368	11 May 2026, 20:26

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:25.504	Passed

20.834

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 6.881

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 13.876

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.462

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 7.926

When the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.546

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.598

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.306

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.870

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.031

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.208

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.023

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.699

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.400

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.441

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.437

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 6.740

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.344

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.517

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.829

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.094

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.821

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.278

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 53.136

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.842

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.650

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.060

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.719

And the computer boots Tails 35.448

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.413

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.708

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 0.026

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.929

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 19.621

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.933

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.904

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 7.161

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.204

And all notifications have disappeared 3.816

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.101

And the network is plugged 0.063

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.316

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.690

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.267

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.047

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.321

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.380

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.962

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.339

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.575

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.415

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.718

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.225

And all notifications have disappeared 3.847

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.271

# 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 4.121

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.267

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.647

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.583

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.550

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.287

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.072

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.310

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.274

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.637

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.125

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 6.900

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.206

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.558

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.434

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 0.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.321

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789

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	6:25.504	Passed

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