Cucumber Reports (no 6420) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6420	03 Jun 2026, 11:27

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:59.492	Passed

19.364

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.520

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 12.784

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.640

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.152

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.387

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.323

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.076

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.300

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.649

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 6.531

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.151

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.286

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.329

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.031

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.248

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.982

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.465

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 6.513

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.237

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 51.085

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.619

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.013

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.661

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.351

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 46.401

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.589

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.574

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.460

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 0.054

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

And I start the computer 0.743

And the computer boots Tails 32.596

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.616

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.252

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 6.515

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.105

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 17.561

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.784

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.374

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 6.472

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.160

And all notifications have disappeared 3.370

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.315

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.652

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.576

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.759

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.377

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.012

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.218

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.631

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.756

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 6.510

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.151

And all notifications have disappeared 3.287

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.209

# 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 4.141

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.226

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.605

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.273

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.412

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.251

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.921

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.274

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.319

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.733

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.003

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 6.493

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.032

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.364

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 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.082

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	5:59.492	Passed

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