Cucumber Reports (no 6449) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6449	16 Jun 2026, 14:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:37.512	Passed

21.041

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.101

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 12.856

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.878

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.393

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.356

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.669

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.375

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.304

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 0.029

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.035

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.629

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.211

And I capture all network traffic 0.034

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.535

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.295

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.038

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 0.476

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.115

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 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.037

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.432

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.225

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 56.361

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.544

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.312

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 0.029

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.028

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.471

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.840

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 55.113

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.881

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.892

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 0.029

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.030

Steps

Given a computer 0.207

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.019

And I start the computer 0.947

And the computer boots Tails 36.342

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.373

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.599

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 0.033

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.807

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.228

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 19.494

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.332

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.435

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 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.036

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.414

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.522

And I capture all network traffic 0.016

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.087

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.998

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.000

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.263

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.857

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.721

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.474

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.240

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.374

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.596

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 0.036

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.315

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.202

And all notifications have disappeared 3.488

And I capture all network traffic 0.031

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.378

# 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 4.221

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.294

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.446

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.265

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.433

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.244

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.314

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.432

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.321

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.129

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.336

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.745

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.150

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.885

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.467

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 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.440

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010

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	6:37.512	Passed

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