Cucumber Reports (no 6492) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6492	08 Jul 2026, 11:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:8.233	Passed

19.080

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 7.082

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 11.934

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.294

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.593

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.756

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.291

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.852

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.573

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.099

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.769

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.830

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.154

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.963

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.015

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.231

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.475

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.886

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.826

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.221

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.284

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.549

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.328

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.961

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.847

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.107

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 50.832

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.168

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.000

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.052

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.676

And the computer boots Tails 33.214

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.044

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.967

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.148

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.875

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.321

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.406

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.445

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.180

And all notifications have disappeared 3.284

And I capture all network traffic 0.031

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.061

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.265

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.635

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.894

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.307

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.558

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.171

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.916

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.379

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.623

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.597

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 3.396

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.290

# 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 4.120

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.193

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.550

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.730

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.360

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.223

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.028

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.429

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.326

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.345

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.867

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.640

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.079

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 7.592

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.520

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 0.019

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620

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	6:8.233	Passed

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