Cucumber Reports (no 6528) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6528	23 Jul 2026, 22:32

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:59.644	Passed

19.748

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.568

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 13.091

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.232

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.532

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.890

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.584

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.159

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.965

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.697

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.229

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.775

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.715

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.034

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.174

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.613

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.239

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 46.632

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.682

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.011

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.700

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.307

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 47.670

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.325

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.466

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.053

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

And I start the computer 0.732

And the computer boots Tails 33.356

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.315

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.282

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.458

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.111

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.642

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.298

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.985

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 6.651

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.193

And all notifications have disappeared 3.561

And I capture all network traffic 0.010

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.661

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.880

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.948

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.020

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.345

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.876

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.357

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.622

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 6.441

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.472

And I capture all network traffic 0.020

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.869

# 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 4.140

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.189

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.464

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.107

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.410

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.271

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.174

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.423

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.270

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.153

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 6.430

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.227

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.401

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 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815

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	5:59.644	Passed

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