Cucumber Reports (no 6567) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6567	09 Aug 2026, 11:33

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:47.577	Passed

19.157

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.594

When the network is plugged 0.050

And I successfully configure Tor 12.470

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.840

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.395

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.891

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.244

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.240

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.804

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.328

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.176

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.002

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.783

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.985

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.425

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.274

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 0.004

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.173

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 43.263

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.421

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.050

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 6.397

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.656

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.309

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.683

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.836

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.100

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.015

And I start the computer 0.617

And the computer boots Tails 30.057

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.150

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.395

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.076

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 17.600

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.775

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

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" 0.178

And all notifications have disappeared 3.990

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.871

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.787

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.193

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.407

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.588

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.357

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.356

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.449

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.906

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.526

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.159

And all notifications have disappeared 3.807

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.758

# 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 4.285

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.239

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.679

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.814

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.387

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.279

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.131

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.353

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.301

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.780

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.519

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.025

And Tor is ready 9.812

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.338

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622

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	5:47.577	Passed

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