Cucumber Reports (no 6531) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6531	26 Jul 2026, 11:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:11.477	Passed

19.671

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.867

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 12.703

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.081

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.318

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.981

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.881

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.313

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.947

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.767

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.525

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.652

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.224

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.382

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.979

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.781

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.416

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.262

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.580

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.222

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.018

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.434

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.966

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.573

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.396

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.103

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.887

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.009

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.801

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.083

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.745

And the computer boots Tails 34.642

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.317

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.315

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.970

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.471

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.074

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 18.360

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.043

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.099

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 0.002

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 3.631

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.078

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.231

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.662

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.258

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.853

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.388

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.468

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.992

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.408

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.429

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.656

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.265

And all notifications have disappeared 3.579

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.305

# 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 4.010

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.613

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.283

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.639

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.363

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.182

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.227

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.571

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.443

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.050

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.769

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.677

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.100

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 9.459

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.501

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 0.010

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773

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	6:11.477	Passed

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