Cucumber Reports (no 6605) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6605	25 Aug 2026, 11:35

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:45.929	Passed

18.591

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 6.259

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 12.263

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.918

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.319

When the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.003

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.373

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.156

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.439

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 6.334

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.175

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.942

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.078

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.431

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.407

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.707

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.406

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.247

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 43.252

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.793

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.035

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.169

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.875

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 44.574

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.412

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.301

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.078

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

And I start the computer 0.667

And the computer boots Tails 29.498

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.232

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.645

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 17.409

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.552

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.501

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.129

And all notifications have disappeared 3.495

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.884

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.653

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.281

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.571

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.040

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.284

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.992

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.463

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.165

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.133

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.144

And all notifications have disappeared 3.182

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.762

# 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 4.041

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.226

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.843

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.467

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.302

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.431

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.099

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.993

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.312

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.163

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.985

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 6.387

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.103

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 8.171

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.290

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896

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	5:45.929	Passed

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