Cucumber Reports (no 6507) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6507	15 Jul 2026, 11:36

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:28.432	Passed

32.354

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 19.131

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 13.146

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.524

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.110

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.387

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.514

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.402

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.325

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.703

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.821

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.181

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.113

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

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.378

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.470

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.792

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.530

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.152

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 52.530

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.570

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.907

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 6.553

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.357

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.507

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.483

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.274

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 0.051

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

And I start the computer 0.702

And the computer boots Tails 35.234

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.279

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.492

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.547

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.786

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.293

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.638

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.986

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.164

And all notifications have disappeared 3.416

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.184

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.485

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.208

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.801

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.317

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.379

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.065

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.388

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.875

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 6.804

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 3.626

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.350

# 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 4.139

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.729

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.797

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.444

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.248

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.408

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 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.268

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.867

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.599

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088

And the network is plugged 0.040

And Tor is ready 8.710

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.424

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.321

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018

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	6:28.432	Passed

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