Cucumber Reports (no 6572) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6572	11 Aug 2026, 11:36

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:40.048	Passed

17.254

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 6.228

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 10.950

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.072

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 6.231

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.764

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.736

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.260

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.095

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.160

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.122

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.695

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.920

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.795

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 0.330

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.569

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.285

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.216

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 43.315

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.739

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.903

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.322

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.590

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.686

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.299

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.314

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.073

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.590

And the computer boots Tails 30.588

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.496

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.231

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.115

When the network is plugged 0.055

And I successfully configure Tor 17.063

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.177

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 6.520

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.155

And all notifications have disappeared 3.495

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.645

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.953

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.537

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.878

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.322

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.086

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.982

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.336

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.086

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.314

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 4.188

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.888

# 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 4.046

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.227

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.274

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.863

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.319

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.171

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.889

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.349

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.224

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.078

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.313

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.064

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 7.286

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.368

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 0.009

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.374

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003

	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	5:40.048	Passed

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