Cucumber Reports (no 6612) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6612	28 Aug 2026, 07:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:0.160	Passed

17.848

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 6.156

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 11.621

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.316

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 6.289

When the network is plugged 0.050

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.768

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.051

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.111

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.733

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 6.269

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.144

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.049

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.988

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.561

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.265

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.401

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.558

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 6.241

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.229

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 45.153

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.922

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.843

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.064

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.777

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 44.865

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.129

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.701

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 0.076

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

And I start the computer 0.598

And the computer boots Tails 29.954

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.227

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 6.396

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.074

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 17.695

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.328

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.382

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.139

And all notifications have disappeared 4.024

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.632

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.141

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.243

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.820

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.953

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.318

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.392

# 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 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.261

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 6.393

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.159

And all notifications have disappeared 3.711

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.204

# 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 4.154

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.375

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.314

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.366

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.327

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.294

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.086

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.072

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.409

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.313

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.341

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.675

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.112

And the network is plugged 0.037

And Tor is ready 8.135

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.375

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 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588

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	6:0.160	Passed

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