Cucumber Reports (no 6538) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6538	28 Jul 2026, 12:55

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:54.868	Passed

19.204

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 6.369

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 12.764

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.330

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 6.380

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.818

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.743

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.326

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.041

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.375

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.215

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.975

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.058

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.911

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.435

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.242

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 6.589

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.227

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 46.441

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.978

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.993

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 6.491

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.490

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 46.296

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.710

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.319

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.048

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.752

And the computer boots Tails 32.233

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.278

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.223

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 6.576

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.072

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 17.489

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.796

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 6.426

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.141

And all notifications have disappeared 3.516

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.152

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.476

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.459

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.337

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.371

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.071

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.375

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.083

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.459

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 6.464

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171

And all notifications have disappeared 3.434

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.619

# 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 4.589

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.276

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.522

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.865

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.363

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.236

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.130

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.350

# 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" 0.274

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.256

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.419

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

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.326

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.413

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 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755

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	5:54.868	Passed

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