Cucumber Reports (no 6545) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6545	29 Jul 2026, 21:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:16.318	Passed

19.357

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.723

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 12.536

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.338

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.872

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.823

When the network is plugged 0.046

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.879

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.776

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.270

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.646

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 6.928

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.205

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.404

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.182

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.395

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 0.463

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.372

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.080

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.763

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.220

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.250

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.840

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.596

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.087

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.524

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 51.064

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.911

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.832

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 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.071

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

And I start the computer 0.786

And the computer boots Tails 35.650

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.313

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.340

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.934

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.922

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 18.843

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.997

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 6.797

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 3.799

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.259

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.645

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.229

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.128

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.746

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.413

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.069

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.434

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.537

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.687

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 3.632

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.236

# 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 4.288

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.253

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.574

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.789

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.422

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.242

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.278

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.453

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.285

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.463

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.910

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.080

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 8.904

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.518

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.005

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.023

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.417

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990

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	6:16.318	Passed

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