Cucumber Reports (no 6409) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6409	28 May 2026, 11:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:10.957	Passed

20.506

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 7.012

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.426

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.009

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.519

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 6.663

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.492

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.133

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.167

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.058

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.942

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.069

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.187

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.420

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.661

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.221

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.314

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.480

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 6.792

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.190

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.433

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.071

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.885

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.202

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 51.714

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.260

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.667

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.018

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 0.056

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.707

And the computer boots Tails 33.930

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.317

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.627

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.894

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.947

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.093

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 18.787

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.718

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.749

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 6.764

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162

And all notifications have disappeared 3.430

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.267

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.696

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.237

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.843

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.016

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.483

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.301

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.272

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.909

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.753

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.706

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.159

And all notifications have disappeared 3.359

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.210

# 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 4.165

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.220

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.505

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.687

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.528

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.266

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.172

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.298

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.280

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.884

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.020

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.921

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.084

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 8.573

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.421

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.046

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

	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	6:10.957	Passed

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