Cucumber Reports (no 6465) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6465	20 Jun 2026, 11:44

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:16.111	Passed

19.876

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 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.129

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.683

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.744

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 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.835

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.276

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.357

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.216

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.629

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 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.985

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.241

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.328

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.545

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.061

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.360

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.958

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.025

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.271

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.540

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.114

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.200

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 7.299

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.909

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 51.776

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.206

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.443

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 0.059

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given a computer 0.194

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 0.859

And the computer boots Tails 34.109

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.253

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.824

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.284

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.124

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 19.350

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.357

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.316

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.825

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.299

And I capture all network traffic 0.022

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.279

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.572

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.229

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.736

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.843

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.387

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.067

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.639

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.343

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.755

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.003

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.406

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.231

# 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 4.170

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.506

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.694

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.381

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.247

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.980

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.307

# 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" 0.255

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.362

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.248

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.118

And the network is plugged 0.031

And Tor is ready 8.586

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 0.020

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.319

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029

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	6:16.111	Passed

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