Cucumber Reports (no 6543) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6543	29 Jul 2026, 11:35

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:55.860	Passed

18.469

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.438

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 11.952

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.187

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.561

When the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.776

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.724

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.039

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.757

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.412

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.175

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.267

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.322

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.154

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.369

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.062

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 6.407

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.235

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 47.033

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.371

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.801

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.439

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.366

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 46.700

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.291

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.080

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.200

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.044

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

And I start the computer 0.689

And the computer boots Tails 33.059

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.400

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.429

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.549

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.097

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.716

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.635

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 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.597

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 3.507

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.207

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.636

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.217

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.676

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.239

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.394

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.397

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.367

# 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 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.026

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 6.530

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.139

And all notifications have disappeared 3.353

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.172

# 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 4.042

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.291

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.497

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.336

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.404

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.229

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.195

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.360

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.288

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.288

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.690

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.126

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.367

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 0.335

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620

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	5:55.860	Passed

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