Cucumber Reports (no 6554) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6554	04 Aug 2026, 00:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:40.830	Passed

17.557

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 6.138

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 11.355

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.025

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.421

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 6.115

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.838

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 15.601

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.786

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.745

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 6.139

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.048

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.777

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.622

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.636

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.311

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.893

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.218

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.157

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 42.024

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.487

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.234

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 6.164

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.065

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 41.585

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.412

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.418

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 0.001

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 0.572

And the computer boots Tails 28.718

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.401

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 6.219

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.083

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 18.055

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.018

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.827

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.256

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162

And all notifications have disappeared 3.859

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.780

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.690

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.132

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.372

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.938

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.279

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.069

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.854

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.305

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.859

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.195

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.153

And all notifications have disappeared 3.921

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.640

# 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 4.133

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.256

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.777

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.399

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.324

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 1.206

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.093

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.066

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.335

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.289

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.471

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.142

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

And the network is plugged 0.038

And Tor is ready 7.921

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.287

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923

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	5:40.830	Passed

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