Cucumber Reports (no 6514) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6514	21 Jul 2026, 07:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:7.844	Passed

19.958

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.732

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.166

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.312

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.866

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 6.685

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.730

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.181

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.199

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.322

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.327

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.646

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.172

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.048

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.859

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.138

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.400

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.084

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.973

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 6.596

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.218

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 48.470

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.679

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.780

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 6.473

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.318

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.661

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.322

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.503

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.057

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.806

And the computer boots Tails 34.309

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.322

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.481

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.566

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.093

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 17.769

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.277

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 6.466

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171

And all notifications have disappeared 3.558

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.249

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.546

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.022

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.799

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.420

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.180

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.423

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.865

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.595

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.142

And all notifications have disappeared 3.378

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.277

# 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 4.180

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.203

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.488

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.742

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.460

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.255

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.309

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.412

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.238

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.810

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 6.623

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.080

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 9.688

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.396

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 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741

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	6:7.844	Passed

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