Cucumber Reports (no 6493) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6493	09 Jul 2026, 07:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:5.455	Passed

18.447

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.470

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 11.916

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.234

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.492

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.271

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.246

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.162

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.313

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.361

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.150

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.267

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.690

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.381

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.386

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.058

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 6.597

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.516

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.689

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.809

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 6.639

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.174

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.263

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.723

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.535

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 0.049

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.696

And the computer boots Tails 31.729

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.247

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.621

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.097

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 17.454

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.477

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 6.561

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.199

And all notifications have disappeared 3.482

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.041

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.234

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.494

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.691

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.426

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.513

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

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 0.386

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.104

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.629

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.505

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.218

And all notifications have disappeared 3.440

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.195

# 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 4.030

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.562

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.814

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.407

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.252

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.099

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.184

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 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.248

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.703

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 0.001

Steps

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

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

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.646

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.388

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877

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	6:5.455	Passed

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