Cucumber Reports (no 6549) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6549	30 Jul 2026, 19:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:58.890	Passed

19.491

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.473

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.962

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.004

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.497

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.512

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.270

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.555

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.096

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.974

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 6.478

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.134

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.109

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.793

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.022

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 0.364

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.307

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.646

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.200

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.538

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.916

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.851

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 6.519

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.333

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 47.009

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.983

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.485

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 0.052

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

And I start the computer 0.725

And the computer boots Tails 33.372

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.328

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.353

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 6.559

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.094

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 17.650

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.458

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.595

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.138

And all notifications have disappeared 3.590

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.012

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.185

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.582

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.202

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.591

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.678

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.397

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.918

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.377

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.937

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 6.451

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 3.837

And I capture all network traffic 0.026

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.170

# 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 4.005

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.201

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.511

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.744

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.372

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.226

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.391

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.385

# 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" 0.291

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.532

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.554

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.087

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 7.424

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.442

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 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995

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	5:58.890	Passed

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