Cucumber Reports (no 6589) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6589	18 Aug 2026, 18:06

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:44.628	Passed

18.177

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 6.338

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 11.765

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.581

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 6.254

When the network is plugged 0.053

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.951

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.103

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.178

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.613

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 6.250

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.222

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.049

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.264

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.493

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.942

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.833

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 6.494

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.181

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 44.052

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.093

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.125

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 6.454

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.667

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 44.113

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.885

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.707

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.076

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

And I start the computer 0.634

And the computer boots Tails 30.934

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.364

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.494

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.098

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 17.696

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.008

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 6.659

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.135

And all notifications have disappeared 3.567

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.044

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.807

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.773

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.191

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.531

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.457

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.338

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.125

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.947

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.352

# 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 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.683

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.362

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.191

And all notifications have disappeared 3.904

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.637

# 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 4.386

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.193

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.473

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.987

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.322

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.152

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.141

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.213

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.429

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.200

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.533

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 6.227

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.083

And the network is plugged 0.031

And Tor is ready 8.814

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.372

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 0.292

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	5:44.628	Passed

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