Cucumber Reports (no 6581) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6581	15 Aug 2026, 11:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:25.090	Passed

47.100

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.422

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 40.613

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.467

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.205

When the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.772

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.408

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.010

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.482

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.425

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.337

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.179

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.046

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.871

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.597

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.015

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 0.339

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.113

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.476

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.205

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 44.051

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.367

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.914

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.192

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.713

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.755

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.248

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.446

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012

Steps

Given a computer 0.112

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.652

And the computer boots Tails 29.625

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.552

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.510

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 18.892

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:8.103

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.180

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.133

And all notifications have disappeared 3.951

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.049

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.863

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.674

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.140

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.475

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.919

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.353

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.837

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.340

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:22.065

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.113

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.165

And all notifications have disappeared 3.656

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.137

# 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 4.069

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.358

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.610

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.427

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.320

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.268

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.166

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.401

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.154

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.900

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 6.404

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

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 8.071

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.316

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.005

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588

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	7:25.090	Passed

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