Cucumber Reports (no 6489) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6489	06 Jul 2026, 07:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:4.942	Passed

19.226

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.955

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.214

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.769

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.644

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.401

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.486

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.163

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.880

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.761

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.161

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.192

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.684

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.541

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.442

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.617

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.598

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.249

And I warm reboot the computer 0.021

And the computer reboots Tails 48.851

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.895

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.774

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.579

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.606

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.396

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.249

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 0.084

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.828

And the computer boots Tails 33.038

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.291

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.795

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.598

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.109

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.021

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.820

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.615

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.235

And all notifications have disappeared 3.383

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.247

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.558

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.230

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.725

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.690

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.349

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.517

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.000

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.769

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.211

And all notifications have disappeared 3.490

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.227

# 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 4.019

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.281

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.628

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.809

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.391

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.263

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.937

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.471

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.295

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.808

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.684

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 7.558

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.453

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	6:4.942	Passed

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