Cucumber Reports (no 6463) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6463	18 Jun 2026, 16:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:10.157	Passed

21.350

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.047

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.004

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 14.288

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.760

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.026

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.110

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.274

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.922

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.384

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.342

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 0.059

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.044

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.394

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.253

And I capture all network traffic 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.330

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.632

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.250

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.346

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.946

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 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.029

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.940

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.220

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.304

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.476

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.109

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 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

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

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.086

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.911

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.097

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 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.031

Steps

Given a computer 0.308

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.046

And I start the computer 0.725

And the computer boots Tails 32.709

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.176

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 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.029

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.142

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.184

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.795

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.646

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 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.090

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.210

And all notifications have disappeared 3.415

And I capture all network traffic 0.036

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.066

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.223

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.573

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.214

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.904

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.718

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.400

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.227

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.387

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.915

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 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.033

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.019

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.177

And all notifications have disappeared 3.431

And I capture all network traffic 0.027

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.182

# 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 4.009

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.236

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.479

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.862

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.373

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.232

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.184

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.275

# 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" 0.234

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.645

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.810

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 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.020

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.149

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 7.221

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.356

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 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671

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	6:10.157	Passed

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