Cucumber Reports (no 6418) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6418	02 Jun 2026, 18:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:6.319	Passed

19.606

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 6.438

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.089

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.541

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 6.556

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.001

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.727

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.172

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.052

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.955

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.508

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.175

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.155

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.735

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.053

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.254

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.634

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.999

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.468

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.177

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 51.541

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.803

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.650

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.269

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 6.528

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.755

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.086

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.895

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.888

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 0.047

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

And I start the computer 0.775

And the computer boots Tails 33.011

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.769

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 6.628

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.107

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.977

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.790

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.276

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 6.551

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148

And all notifications have disappeared 3.531

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.268

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.583

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.215

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.679

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.294

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.377

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.178

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.075

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.228

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.769

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.691

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 6.519

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.588

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.234

# 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 4.284

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.299

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.592

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.695

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.384

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.256

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.005

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.244

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.263

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.808

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.077

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.321

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 6.618

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

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.195

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.385

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 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.721

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	6:6.319	Passed

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