Cucumber Reports (no 6433) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6433	07 Jun 2026, 11:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:14.395	Passed

19.914

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 6.485

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 13.355

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.582

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.628

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.823

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.832

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.485

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.415

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.987

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.557

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.620

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.206

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.300

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.609

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.368

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.386

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 1.047

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.457

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.612

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.327

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 52.518

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.991

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.673

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.223

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 6.622

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.604

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.628

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.362

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.619

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 0.051

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.780

And the computer boots Tails 34.489

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.289

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.471

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.679

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 6.589

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.079

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.956

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.937

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.758

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 6.704

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.267

And all notifications have disappeared 3.368

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.188

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

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.463

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.776

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.427

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.374

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.075

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.261

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.750

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.743

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 3.386

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.178

# 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 3.999

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.248

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.563

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.718

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.390

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.282

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.263

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.277

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.251

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.795

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.806

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 6.617

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.111

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 8.543

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.508

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 0.243

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	6:14.395	Passed

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