Cucumber Reports (no 6556) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6556	04 Aug 2026, 13:55

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:5.631	Passed

18.593

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.406

When the network is plugged 0.041

And I successfully configure Tor 12.105

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.077

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.459

When the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.833

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.598

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.105

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.162

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.493

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.175

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.732

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.188

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.109

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.386

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 0.984

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.089

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 18.227

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.230

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 45.392

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.231

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.855

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.652

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.196

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.931

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.382

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given a computer 0.127

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.019

And I start the computer 0.793

And the computer boots Tails 30.386

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.336

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.446

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.091

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 17.729

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.412

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.028

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.331

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.089

And I capture all network traffic 0.013

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.636

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.993

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.139

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.884

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.890

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.566

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.003

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.458

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.545

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.435

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.922

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.684

# 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 4.624

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.341

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.502

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.342

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.281

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.158

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.388

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.362

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.176

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 6.446

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

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 8.275

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.335

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 0.438

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566

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	6:5.631	Passed

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