Cucumber Reports (no 6580) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6580	14 Aug 2026, 11:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:59.990	Passed

31.379

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 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.571

When the network is plugged 0.041

And I successfully configure Tor 12.696

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.537

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.126

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.248

When the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.888

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.494

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.418

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.397

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 6.806

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.194

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.779

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.130

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.026

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.388

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.004

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.124

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.441

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.195

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 44.852

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.628

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.319

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.740

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.690

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.046

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 43.755

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.242

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.125

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 0.158

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

And I start the computer 0.642

And the computer boots Tails 30.266

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.639

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.299

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.069

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 17.206

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.989

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.532

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.205

And all notifications have disappeared 3.625

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.061

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.732

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.054

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.670

# 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 0.340

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.931

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.475

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.053

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 6.234

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.619

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.138

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.386

# 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 4.101

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.219

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.573

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.065

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.293

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.147

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.272

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.515

# 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" 0.153

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.107

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.415

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 6.327

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.074

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 7.504

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.468

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 0.325

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.177

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	5:59.990	Passed

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