Cucumber Reports (no 6509) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6509	17 Jul 2026, 11:35

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:26.135	Passed

19.607

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.851

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 12.692

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.001

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 6.849

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.494

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

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.099

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.845

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 6.605

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.364

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.056

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.136

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.419

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.851

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 6.810

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.247

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 55.562

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.221

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.558

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:7.132

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.163

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.964

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 56.932

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.293

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.230

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 0.056

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

And I start the computer 0.705

And the computer boots Tails 35.084

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.373

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.562

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.758

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.094

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 18.640

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.047

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.788

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 7.236

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.243

And all notifications have disappeared 3.659

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.281

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.751

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.254

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.027

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.828

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.444

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.152

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.311

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.446

# 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 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.570

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.924

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.221

And all notifications have disappeared 3.652

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.223

# 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 4.345

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.515

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.366

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" 0.249

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.281

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.322

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.491

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.281

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.546

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 6.584

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.095

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 8.412

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.427

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 0.473

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924

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	6:26.135	Passed

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