Cucumber Reports (no 6369) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6369	11 May 2026, 21:20

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:36.590	Passed

21.023

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.818

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 14.127

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.115

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 6.575

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.639

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.700

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.117

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.455

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.126

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.288

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.551

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.990

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.717

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.127

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.633

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.433

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.636

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 7.398

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.328

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 57.001

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.899

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.048

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 6.902

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.147

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 56.195

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.797

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.856

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.212

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.059

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

And I start the computer 0.867

And the computer boots Tails 35.989

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.287

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.714

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 6.748

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.187

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 19.702

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.994

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.264

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.282

And all notifications have disappeared 3.434

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.148

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.062

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.388

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.121

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.019

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.425

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.125

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.202

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.369

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.192

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.326

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.249

And all notifications have disappeared 3.616

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.238

# 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 4.358

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.241

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.586

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.940

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.415

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.238

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.113

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.319

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.332

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.196

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 7.673

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.135

And the network is plugged 0.027

And Tor is ready 9.873

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.479

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 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.714

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	6:36.590	Passed

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