Cucumber Reports (no 6448) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6448	16 Jun 2026, 13:19

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:33.974	Passed

21.587

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.532

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.984

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.334

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.178

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.207

When the network is plugged 0.168

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.325

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.368

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.054

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.405

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.085

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.359

And I capture all network traffic 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.006

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.807

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.633

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 0.344

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 0.886

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.572

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 0.078

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.168

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.069

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.307

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 52.035

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.149

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.581

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 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.344

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.250

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 55.912

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.978

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012

Steps

Given a computer 0.196

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.080

And I start the computer 0.841

And the computer boots Tails 36.515

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.344

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.437

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 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.026

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.550

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.143

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 19.676

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.312

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.414

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.080

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.357

And all notifications have disappeared 3.711

And I capture all network traffic 0.018

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.203

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.615

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.263

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.916

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.995

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.449

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.189

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.388

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.656

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 0.051

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.034

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.636

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.258

And all notifications have disappeared 3.715

And I capture all network traffic 0.023

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.290

# 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 4.184

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.212

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.582

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.032

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.494

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.240

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.105

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.375

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.259

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.162

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 0.041

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.035

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.402

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.215

And the network is plugged 0.022

And Tor is ready 9.144

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.348

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 0.028

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.423

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	6:33.974	Passed

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