Cucumber Reports (no 6504) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6504	14 Jul 2026, 11:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:21.777	Passed

19.328

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.651

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 12.618

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.362

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 6.571

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.343

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.346

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.036

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.079

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.910

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.200

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.423

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.654

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.344

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.480

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.441

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 7.041

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.277

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 52.147

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.966

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.925

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.868

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.055

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.224

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.770

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.422

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.053

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

And I start the computer 0.769

And the computer boots Tails 35.208

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.381

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.991

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 6.889

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.092

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 18.951

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.106

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.243

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 6.716

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.773

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.073

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.232

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.771

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.083

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.764

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.501

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.193

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.469

# 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 0.317

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.516

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.928

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.533

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.519

# 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 4.405

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.251

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.588

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.432

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.614

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.503

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.169

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.420

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.576

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.301

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.989

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.465

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.927

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.132

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.944

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.434

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 0.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.058

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	6:21.777	Passed

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