Cucumber Reports (no 6553) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6553	03 Aug 2026, 11:44

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:9.946	Passed

19.101

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.682

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 12.337

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.312

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.684

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.576

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.807

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 17.218

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.029

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.649

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 6.700

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.160

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.805

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.402

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.035

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.477

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.262

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.548

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.180

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 48.618

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.901

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.945

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.832

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.113

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.015

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.979

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.507

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.599

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.059

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

And I start the computer 0.817

And the computer boots Tails 33.409

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.306

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.578

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.627

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

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 18.821

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.182

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 6.601

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.151

And all notifications have disappeared 3.464

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.061

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.222

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.557

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.247

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.930

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.684

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.415

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.107

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.568

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.289

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 6.585

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.213

And all notifications have disappeared 3.317

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.622

# 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 4.477

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.544

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.809

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.430

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.249

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.990

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.372

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.244

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.653

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 6.578

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.077

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 7.599

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.371

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 0.847

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	6:9.946	Passed

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