Cucumber Reports (no 6608) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6608	26 Aug 2026, 13:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:55.451	Passed

18.808

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 6.396

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 12.318

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.699

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.753

When the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.387

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.437

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.032

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.214

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.407

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.189

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.166

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.940

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.061

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.351

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 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.602

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 6.663

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.267

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 45.327

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.335

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.613

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.662

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.961

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 44.803

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.180

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.951

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.093

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.018

And I start the computer 0.716

And the computer boots Tails 31.077

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.684

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.455

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.124

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 19.025

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.488

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 6.442

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184

And all notifications have disappeared 3.925

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.038

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.666

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.907

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.782

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.276

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.371

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.154

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.345

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.419

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.322

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184

And all notifications have disappeared 3.802

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.829

# 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 4.005

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.704

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.986

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.351

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.251

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.980

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.359

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.268

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.968

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.318

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.110

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 9.122

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.379

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990

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	5:55.451	Passed

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