Cucumber Reports (no 6445) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6445	15 Jun 2026, 11:52

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:14.643	Passed

20.796

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.256

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 13.474

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.956

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.120

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.106

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.519

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.131

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.844

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.035

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.023

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.212

And I capture all network traffic 0.030

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.462

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.398

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.262

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.372

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.427

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.947

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.277

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 52.866

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.326

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.130

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.367

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.739

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.609

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.407

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.725

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given a computer 0.251

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.038

And I start the computer 0.777

And the computer boots Tails 35.324

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.332

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.288

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.852

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.230

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 18.123

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.813

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.337

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.235

And all notifications have disappeared 3.632

And I capture all network traffic 0.020

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.215

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.599

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.203

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.736

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.790

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.415

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.980

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.380

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.604

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.030

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.065

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.195

And all notifications have disappeared 3.651

And I capture all network traffic 0.027

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.271

# 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 4.127

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.283

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.586

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.773

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.459

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.234

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.109

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.327

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.288

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.055

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.835

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.194

And the network is plugged 0.027

And Tor is ready 7.547

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 0.019

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 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	6:14.643	Passed

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