Cucumber Reports (no 6447) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6447	16 Jun 2026, 11:48

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:22.058	Passed

20.412

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.029

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.382

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 12.932

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.104

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.822

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.028

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.431

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.362

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.845

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.121

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.023

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.032

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.377

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.225

And I capture all network traffic 0.025

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.364

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.868

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.702

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 0.369

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.686

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.292

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.349

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 49.454

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.575

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.903

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 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.983

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.956

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.409

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.549

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.438

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given a computer 0.207

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 0.962

And the computer boots Tails 34.914

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.327

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.881

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.058

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.167

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.599

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.102

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.700

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.028

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.014

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.257

And all notifications have disappeared 3.415

And I capture all network traffic 0.018

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.261

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.693

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.287

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.187

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.956

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.456

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.189

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.716

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.979

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 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.360

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.239

And all notifications have disappeared 3.363

And I capture all network traffic 0.022

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.180

# 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 4.175

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.431

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.639

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.787

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.398

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.333

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.133

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.429

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.282

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.209

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.031

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.129

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.145

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.503

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.392

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 0.022

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.299

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778

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	6:22.058	Passed

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