Cucumber Reports (no 6437) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6437	10 Jun 2026, 11:20

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:5.431	Passed

19.810

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 6.572

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 13.168

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.759

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.040

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 6.510

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.030

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.160

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.282

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.141

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.020

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.830

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 6.460

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.316

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.441

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.078

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.286

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.952

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.521

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.196

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.428

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.797

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.212

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 6.482

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.725

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.753

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.244

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.386

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" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.729

And the computer boots Tails 32.550

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.732

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.745

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 6.606

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.993

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.866

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.443

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 6.427

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 3.588

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.322

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.717

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.251

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.769

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.209

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.388

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.129

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.251

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.586

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.667

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 6.517

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.179

And all notifications have disappeared 3.307

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.262

# 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 4.124

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.241

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.420

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.171

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.435

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.227

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.002

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.329

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.275

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.343

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 6.653

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.085

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.155

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.429

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 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.584

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	6:5.431	Passed

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