Cucumber Reports (no 6578) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6578	13 Aug 2026, 18:41

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:52.882	Passed

19.046

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.323

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 12.633

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.745

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.266

When the network is plugged 0.050

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.945

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.442

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.983

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.631

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 6.240

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.151

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.875

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.951

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.993

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.350

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.575

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 6.445

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.207

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.510

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.407

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.831

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 6.620

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.203

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 45.382

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.615

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.396

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.114

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 0.092

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.673

And the computer boots Tails 31.290

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.254

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 6.471

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.078

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 17.616

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.131

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 6.409

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.178

And all notifications have disappeared 3.960

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.227

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.705

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.265

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.877

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.236

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.392

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.103

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.543

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.498

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 6.784

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 4.101

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.628

# 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 4.433

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.334

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.332

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.028

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.346

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.327

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.016

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.395

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.343

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.052

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 6.470

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.029

And Tor is ready 8.145

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.321

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835

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	5:52.882	Passed

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