Cucumber Reports (no 6550) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6550	31 Jul 2026, 11:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:36.170	Passed

18.723

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.201

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 12.460

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.929

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.320

When the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.811

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.433

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.288

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.952

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.193

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.180

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.988

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.066

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.094

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.352

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.501

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.793

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.133

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.214

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 42.017

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.414

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.142

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.129

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.020

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.941

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.890

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.070

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

And I start the computer 0.627

And the computer boots Tails 29.134

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.493

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 6.120

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.073

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 17.234

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.719

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 6.246

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.221

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.043

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.693

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.632

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.211

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.405

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.424

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.270

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.083

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.951

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.303

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.648

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.127

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.467

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.842

# 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 3.909

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.242

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.577

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.928

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.341

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.306

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.916

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.327

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.266

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.877

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 6.133

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.068

And the network is plugged 0.030

And Tor is ready 7.315

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.324

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 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588

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	5:36.170	Passed

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