Cucumber Reports (no 6533) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6533	27 Jul 2026, 13:33

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:17.116	Passed

19.315

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.932

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 12.312

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.850

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 6.936

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.423

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 14.993

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.419

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.618

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 0.004

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.197

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.841

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.949

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.371

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.497

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.910

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 6.525

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.199

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 49.294

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.883

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.964

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.816

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.154

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.637

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.349

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.088

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.411

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 0.059

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

And I start the computer 0.776

And the computer boots Tails 34.194

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.372

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.893

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.735

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.123

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.952

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.323

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.050

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.012

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.843

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 3.604

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.256

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.568

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.026

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.194

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.423

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.013

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

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.097

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.437

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 6.749

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.602

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.280

# 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 4.088

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.303

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.473

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.815

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.566

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.302

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.998

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.461

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.097

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.343

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.701

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.684

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.072

And the network is plugged 0.030

And Tor is ready 8.458

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.448

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 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001

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	6:17.116	Passed

Feature Report