Cucumber Reports (no 6555) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6555	04 Aug 2026, 11:41

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:36.705	Passed

17.645

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 6.188

When the network is plugged 0.046

And I successfully configure Tor 11.308

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.103

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.409

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.990

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.208

When the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.980

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.700

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.023

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.134

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 6.206

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.206

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.281

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.349

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.657

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.358

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.734

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.237

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.209

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 42.082

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.195

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.006

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 6.183

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.834

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 41.040

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.942

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.016

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.108

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.678

And the computer boots Tails 29.160

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.340

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 6.147

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.087

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 17.039

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.679

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 6.281

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.143

And all notifications have disappeared 3.793

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.671

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.854

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.170

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.645

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.386

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.294

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.076

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.907

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.307

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.800

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 6.355

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.166

And all notifications have disappeared 3.913

And I capture all network traffic 0.014

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.628

# 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 4.053

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.603

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.896

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.317

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.247

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.816

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.309

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.169

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.356

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 6.079

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.079

And the network is plugged 0.049

And Tor is ready 7.822

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.319

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 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638

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	5:36.705	Passed

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