Cucumber Reports (no 6518) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6518	21 Jul 2026, 18:04

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:13.323	Passed

20.355

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.578

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.724

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.298

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.802

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.526

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.758

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.169

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.284

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.572

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 6.581

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.206

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.391

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.766

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.095

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.463

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 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.055

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 7.205

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.235

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 49.275

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.323

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.722

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 6.655

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.096

And I warm reboot the computer 0.023

And the computer reboots Tails 51.250

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.697

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.805

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.078

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.909

And the computer boots Tails 34.475

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.327

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.197

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.755

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.099

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 18.273

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.304

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 6.717

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.206

And all notifications have disappeared 3.454

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.099

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.180

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.533

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.792

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.851

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.353

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.194

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.507

# 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 0.316

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.233

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 6.859

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.186

And all notifications have disappeared 3.607

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.193

# 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 4.048

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.430

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.463

# 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 0.406

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.243

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.066

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.444

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.252

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.275

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.691

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.086

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.054

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.419

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714

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	6:13.323	Passed

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