Cucumber Reports (no 6472) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6472	26 Jun 2026, 11:45

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:8.645	Passed

19.408

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.635

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 12.713

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.398

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.602

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.569

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.230

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.754

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.975

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.380

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.594

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.177

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.392

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.520

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.208

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.394

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.845

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.627

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.219

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.847

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.144

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.965

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.770

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.186

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 51.071

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.932

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.366

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.539

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.055

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.748

And the computer boots Tails 33.673

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.796

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.504

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.165

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 19.052

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.331

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.570

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.753

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.204

And all notifications have disappeared 3.428

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.138

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.486

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.211

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.815

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.289

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.410

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.119

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.438

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.099

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.924

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.190

And all notifications have disappeared 3.566

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.261

# 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 3.956

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.270

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.544

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.688

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.446

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.259

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.139

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.394

# 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" 0.275

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.437

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.507

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.116

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 8.217

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.564

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 0.010

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.351

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979

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	6:8.645	Passed

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