Cucumber Reports (no 6536) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6536	27 Jul 2026, 18:54

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:27.967	Passed

21.183

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 6.938

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 14.165

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.347

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.617

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.361

When the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.652

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.676

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.847

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.265

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.160

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.173

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.936

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.171

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.219

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.090

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.489

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.437

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.801

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.263

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 53.919

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.447

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.379

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.573

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.793

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.790

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 53.498

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.485

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.831

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 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.069

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.764

And the computer boots Tails 36.649

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.338

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.746

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 6.886

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.206

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 19.586

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.364

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.060

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.789

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 7.093

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.226

And all notifications have disappeared 3.590

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.072

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.198

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.644

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.334

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.484

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.023

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.434

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.652

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.832

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.360

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.980

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.947

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.657

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.202

# 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 4.107

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.476

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.567

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.964

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.477

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.237

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.108

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.526

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.301

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.324

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.540

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.212

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.800

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.414

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016

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	6:27.967	Passed

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