Cucumber Reports (no 6461) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6461	18 Jun 2026, 07:55

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:6.480	Passed

20.335

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.961

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 13.301

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.794

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.847

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.277

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.503

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.108

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.507

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.884

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.173

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.235

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.695

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.093

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.326

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.877

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 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.987

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.186

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.771

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.926

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.131

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 0.020

Steps

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

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.023

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.749

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.204

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.739

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 0.031

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.030

Steps

Given a computer 0.154

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.029

And I start the computer 0.767

And the computer boots Tails 33.480

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.307

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.198

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.121

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.172

When the network is plugged 0.060

And I successfully configure Tor 17.782

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.425

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 0.046

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.989

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.181

And all notifications have disappeared 3.346

And I capture all network traffic 0.020

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.148

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.529

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.816

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.253

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.397

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

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 0.279

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.017

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 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.239

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.229

And all notifications have disappeared 3.330

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.174

# 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 4.077

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.602

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.777

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.452

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.269

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.927

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.315

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.225

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.453

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 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.600

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.249

And the network is plugged 0.067

And Tor is ready 7.136

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.377

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 0.021

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.107

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	6:6.480	Passed

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