Cucumber Reports (no 6402) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6402	25 May 2026, 11:20

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:56.659	Passed

18.400

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.400

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 11.936

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.057

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 6.341

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.331

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.123

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.199

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.140

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.342

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.408

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.218

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.349

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.991

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.029

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.277

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.718

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.646

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.526

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.219

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.729

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.165

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.498

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.383

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 6.397

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.003

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.214

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.762

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.769

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.641

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 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.095

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

And I start the computer 0.669

And the computer boots Tails 31.815

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.540

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.076

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 6.391

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.074

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 17.536

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.976

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.894

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 6.390

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.161

And all notifications have disappeared 3.144

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.050

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.659

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.868

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.185

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.490

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.158

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.425

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.889

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.281

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.661

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.998

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.365

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.155

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.196

# 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 4.008

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.191

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.478

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.136

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.414

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.232

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.949

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.234

# 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" 0.275

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.142

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.700

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.216

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.455

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.103

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.340

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.298

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:531 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.887

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	5:56.659	Passed

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