Cucumber Reports (no 6568) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6568	10 Aug 2026, 11:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:52.105	Passed

20.072

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 6.689

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 13.290

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.347

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.315

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.417

When the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.975

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.711

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.140

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.519

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.180

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.203

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.948

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.472

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.238

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.384

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.362

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 6.544

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.270

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.454

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.088

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.937

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.676

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.266

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.922

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.469

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.012

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 0.080

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

And I start the computer 0.716

And the computer boots Tails 31.149

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.580

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.326

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.089

When the network is plugged 0.047

And I successfully configure Tor 18.073

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.327

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.132

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 6.549

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.192

And all notifications have disappeared 3.613

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.931

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.668

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.351

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.834

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.907

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.311

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.200

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.337

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.951

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.471

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 3.543

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.623

# 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 4.384

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.258

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.408

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.603

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.430

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.128

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.383

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.288

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.498

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.218

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 6.183

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.259

And the network is plugged 0.059

And Tor is ready 8.324

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.386

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 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927

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	5:52.105	Passed

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