Cucumber Reports (no 6421) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6421	03 Jun 2026, 11:43

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:14.655	Passed

19.923

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 6.544

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 13.311

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.052

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.653

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 6.896

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.489

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.765

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.441

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.833

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.592

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.166

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.141

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.498

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.986

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.369

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.752

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.069

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 6.719

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.193

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.104

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.187

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 6.652

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.546

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 52.195

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.776

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.979

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.426

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" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.761

And the computer boots Tails 34.541

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.672

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.960

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 6.755

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.092

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.059

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.137

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 6.729

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.143

And all notifications have disappeared 3.624

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.086

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.458

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.810

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.255

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.917

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.848

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.385

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.325

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.347

# 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 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.956

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.089

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.866

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.170

And all notifications have disappeared 3.565

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.233

# 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 4.398

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.212

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.686

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.922

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.429

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.265

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.220

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.585

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.341

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.373

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.980

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.097

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 7.872

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.400

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 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.749

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	6:14.655	Passed

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