Cucumber Reports (no 6432) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6432	07 Jun 2026, 07:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:2.720	Passed

20.364

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 6.629

When the network is plugged 0.052

And I successfully configure Tor 13.640

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.337

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 6.632

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.854

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.331

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.458

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.812

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.524

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.147

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.324

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.350

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.098

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.299

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.826

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.508

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 6.530

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.225

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 50.691

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.676

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.211

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 6.496

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.717

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 46.332

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.649

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.322

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 0.053

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

And I start the computer 0.788

And the computer boots Tails 32.422

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.780

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 6.685

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.093

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.921

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.824

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.787

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 6.561

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 3.265

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.218

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.631

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.238

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.737

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.600

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.461

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.286

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.364

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.322

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.621

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.118

And all notifications have disappeared 3.437

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.279

# 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 4.448

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.322

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" 14.817

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.480

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.334

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.108

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.365

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.272

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.969

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.272

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.568

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.069

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.245

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.369

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 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.783

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	6:2.720	Passed

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