Cucumber Reports (no 6559) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6559	04 Aug 2026, 14:26

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:51.460	Passed

18.404

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 6.365

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 11.959

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.389

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.588

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.566

When the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.778

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.010

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.156

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.355

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.379

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.233

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And the network is plugged 0.049

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.008

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.730

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.517

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.379

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.621

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.467

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.258

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 46.216

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.668

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.598

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.852

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.743

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 44.778

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.216

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.330

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.001

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.078

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.718

And the computer boots Tails 30.129

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.802

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.330

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.092

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 18.290

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.403

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 6.389

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.144

And all notifications have disappeared 3.856

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.187

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.657

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.259

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.618

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.429

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.333

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.073

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.971

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.332

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.956

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 6.343

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.403

And all notifications have disappeared 3.714

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And the network is plugged 0.073

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.710

# 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 4.468

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.240

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.647

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.922

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.400

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.149

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.083

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.387

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.234

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.727

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.340

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.076

And the network is plugged 0.028

And Tor is ready 8.766

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.504

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.316

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787

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	5:51.460	Passed

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