Cucumber Reports (no 6426) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6426	03 Jun 2026, 15:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:13.813	Passed

19.068

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 6.486

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.516

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.694

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 6.630

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.331

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.569

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.101

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.050

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 6.676

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.223

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.447

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.095

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.282

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.243

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.011

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 6.877

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.203

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.736

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.186

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.713

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.167

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.917

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.242

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.404

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.596

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.994

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.761

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.080

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

And I start the computer 0.787

And the computer boots Tails 36.509

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.375

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.933

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.586

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.900

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

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 18.514

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.000

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.707

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 6.626

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 3.530

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

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 2.310

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.605

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.051

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.918

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.400

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.321

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.282

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.999

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.052

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.772

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.180

And all notifications have disappeared 3.569

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.324

# 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 4.406

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.257

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.506

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.833

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.389

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.258

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.329

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.270

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.639

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.662

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.847

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 6.949

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.108

And the network is plugged 0.040

And Tor is ready 8.320

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.424

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 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

	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	6:13.813	Passed

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