Cucumber Reports (no 6607) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6607	26 Aug 2026, 12:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:43.939	Passed

18.640

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 6.717

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 11.837

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.153

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.428

When the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.958

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.623

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.020

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.345

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 6.244

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.159

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.935

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.388

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.190

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.024

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.358

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.720

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 6.128

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.258

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 42.878

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.449

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.060

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 6.121

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.933

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 43.198

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.799

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.309

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 0.080

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

And I start the computer 0.560

And the computer boots Tails 29.595

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.135

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 6.237

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.101

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 18.722

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.482

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.227

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162

And all notifications have disappeared 3.768

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.815

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.856

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.666

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.858

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.294

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.015

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.406

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.329

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 6.318

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.967

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.639

# 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 4.455

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.243

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.556

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.596

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.316

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.296

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.780

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.440

# 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" 0.327

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.762

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 6.275

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.152

And the network is plugged 0.027

And Tor is ready 7.964

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.333

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 0.007

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687

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	5:43.939	Passed

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