Cucumber Reports (no 6460) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6460	18 Jun 2026, 07:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:5.962	Passed

20.079

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 0.040

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.901

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 13.102

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.022

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 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.997

When the network is plugged 0.063

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.808

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.062

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.034

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.136

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 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.981

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.018

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.073

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.298

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.061

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.895

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.916

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.261

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 49.535

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.162

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.169

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.972

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.192

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 46.851

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.147

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.175

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given a computer 0.135

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.030

And I start the computer 0.814

And the computer boots Tails 32.790

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.404

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.935

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.028

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.171

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.661

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.181

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 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.016

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.197

And all notifications have disappeared 3.480

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.195

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.595

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.239

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.723

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.818

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.407

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.099

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.947

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.324

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.126

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.046

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 3.460

And I capture all network traffic 0.020

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.228

# 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 4.238

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.306

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.560

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.770

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.377

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.241

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.898

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.366

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.264

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.240

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.045

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.995

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.151

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.652

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.396

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 0.027

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.400

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712

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	6:5.962	Passed

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