Cucumber Reports (no 6527) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6527	23 Jul 2026, 14:14

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:6.648	Passed

20.194

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 6.691

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 13.438

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.536

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 6.666

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.310

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.272

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.214

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.044

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.398

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 6.661

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.159

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.835

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.953

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.276

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.421

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.084

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.719

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.685

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.234

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.950

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.843

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.968

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.631

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.344

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 49.004

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.980

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.879

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 0.049

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.702

And the computer boots Tails 33.838

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.282

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.811

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.615

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.077

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 19.025

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.128

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.742

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 3.547

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.066

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.164

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.518

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.214

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.904

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.777

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.415

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.398

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.839

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.619

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.154

And all notifications have disappeared 3.601

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.266

# 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 4.024

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.243

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.550

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.698

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.434

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.435

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.983

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.377

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.245

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.171

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 6.453

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.071

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.126

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.495

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845

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	6:6.648	Passed

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