Cucumber Reports (no 6410) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6410	29 May 2026, 11:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:9.792	Passed

19.388

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 7.039

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 12.277

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.642

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.173

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 6.937

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.804

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.140

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.211

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.165

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.894

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.335

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 7.040

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.161

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.068

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.625

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.148

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.217

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.821

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.271

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.050

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.284

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.757

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.171

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.884

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.017

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 7.017

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.001

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 48.256

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.734

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.688

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.084

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.014

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.062

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

And I start the computer 0.745

And the computer boots Tails 34.144

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.301

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 7.079

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

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 18.093

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.822

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.975

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.301

And all notifications have disappeared 3.826

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.225

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.789

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.221

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.007

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.235

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.534

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.163

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 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.774

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.918

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 7.151

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.296

And all notifications have disappeared 3.862

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.259

# 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 4.281

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.236

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.646

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.837

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.393

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.278

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.991

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.242

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.255

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.620

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.550

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 7.195

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.087

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.725

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.523

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 0.316

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.925

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	6:9.792	Passed

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