Cucumber Reports (no 6414) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6414	01 Jun 2026, 14:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:12.267	Passed

19.915

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 6.562

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.286

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.665

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.058

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.692

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.455

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.735

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.105

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.148

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.048

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.376

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 6.539

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.512

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.440

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.147

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 0.500

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.818

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.734

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.208

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.275

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.594

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.760

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 6.704

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.067

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.926

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.904

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.202

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 0.058

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.795

And the computer boots Tails 34.051

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.286

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.122

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.961

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 6.757

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.087

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.055

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.360

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 6.692

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.534

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 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.161

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.036

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.221

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.074

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.796

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.433

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.631

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.293

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.081

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.856

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.712

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.175

And all notifications have disappeared 3.616

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.252

# 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 4.079

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.270

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" 14.805

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.406

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.262

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.317

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.251

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.074

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.957

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.020

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.105

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.392

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.418

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 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.159

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	6:12.267	Passed

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