Cucumber Reports (no 6462) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6462	18 Jun 2026, 11:48

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:18.661	Passed

20.279

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.033

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.035

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.202

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 13.000

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.156

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.029

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.028

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.918

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.479

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.565

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.112

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.123

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 0.033

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.048

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.705

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.303

And I capture all network traffic 0.041

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.416

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.933

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.292

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.369

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.856

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 0.026

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.571

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.231

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 51.523

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.523

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.829

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 0.035

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.053

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.060

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.770

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 53.507

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.484

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.183

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 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.038

Steps

Given a computer 0.285

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.062

And I start the computer 0.993

And the computer boots Tails 34.419

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.422

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.188

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 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.224

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 0.151

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 17.738

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.575

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 0.029

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.035

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.062

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.259

And all notifications have disappeared 3.623

And I capture all network traffic 0.030

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.317

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.549

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.220

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" 14.657

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.502

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.029

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.363

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.159

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 0.029

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.037

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.894

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.192

And all notifications have disappeared 3.308

And I capture all network traffic 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.368

# 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 4.366

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.250

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.684

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.402

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.497

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.233

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.125

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.323

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.287

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.309

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 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.031

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.265

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.124

And the network is plugged 0.022

And Tor is ready 7.309

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.558

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 0.428

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042

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	6:18.661	Passed

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