Cucumber Reports (no 6372) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6372	13 May 2026, 02:15

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:59.281	Passed

17.975

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.409

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 11.518

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.027

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.615

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.042

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.399

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.291

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.379

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.906

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.119

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.580

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.626

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.372

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.146

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.337

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.465

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.007

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 0.229

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.979

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.066

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.443

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.212

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.007

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.396

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.538

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.383

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.406

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.977

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.293

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.701

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.770

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.429

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.044

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

And I start the computer 0.658

And the computer boots Tails 32.667

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.243

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.533

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.083

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.573

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.790

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.003

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.434

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 4.022

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.047

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.225

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.501

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.180

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.763

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.880

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.382

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.971

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.246

# 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:531 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.467

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.422

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.143

And all notifications have disappeared 3.614

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.231

# 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 3.981

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.195

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.490

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.803

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.402

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.259

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.197

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.302

# 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" 0.256

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.711

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.042

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.542

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.071

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 7.067

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.341

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:531 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	5:59.281	Passed

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