Cucumber Reports (no 6451) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6451	16 Jun 2026, 19:31

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:19.613	Passed

19.724

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.088

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.275

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 12.363

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.359

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 0.033

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.152

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.307

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.501

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.331

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.239

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.148

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.232

And I capture all network traffic 0.024

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.239

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.655

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.289

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 0.581

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.619

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.993

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.217

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 54.168

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.234

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.507

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.367

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.213

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.145

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.203

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.798

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.881

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given a computer 0.163

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 0.871

And the computer boots Tails 34.527

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.293

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.824

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.952

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.251

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 18.551

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.629

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 0.245

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.106

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 3.455

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.152

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.508

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.241

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.065

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.873

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.468

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.022

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.289

# 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 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.802

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.260

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.225

And all notifications have disappeared 3.464

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.203

# 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 4.101

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.647

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.841

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.517

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.295

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.105

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.394

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.238

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.164

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.811

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.147

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.808

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.358

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 0.409

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663

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	6:19.613	Passed

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