Cucumber Reports (no 6590) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6590	18 Aug 2026, 19:00

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:24.948	Passed

18.172

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 6.285

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 11.790

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.357

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.056

When the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.177

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.546

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.506

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.072

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.191

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.200

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.029

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.181

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.018

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 0.370

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.386

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.321

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.187

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.536

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.336

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.887

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 6.746

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.155

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 45.317

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.660

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.478

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.071

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

And I start the computer 0.646

And the computer boots Tails 29.701

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.305

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.319

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 6.398

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.092

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 17.746

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:7.911

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 18.081

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.131

And all notifications have disappeared 3.407

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.931

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.116

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.953

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.020

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.320

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.911

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.658

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.772

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 6.611

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.235

And all notifications have disappeared 3.607

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.809

# 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 4.124

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.297

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.321

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.329

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.426

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.354

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.924

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.308

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.248

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.589

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 6.574

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.077

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 8.529

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.370

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	6:24.948	Passed

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