Cucumber Reports (no 6614) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6614	29 Aug 2026, 11:31

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:55.673	Passed

19.771

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 6.157

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 13.513

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.703

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 6.252

When the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.913

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.556

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.899

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.613

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 6.100

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.171

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.215

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.877

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.841

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.331

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.595

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 18.196

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.194

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 44.071

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.123

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.935

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.359

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.582

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.175

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.812

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.480

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.335

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 0.079

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

And I start the computer 0.573

And the computer boots Tails 30.611

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.036

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.719

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.084

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 17.126

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.714

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.309

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.161

And all notifications have disappeared 3.903

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.066

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.689

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.919

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.188

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.535

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.980

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.385

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.125

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.023

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.350

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.822

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.383

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.160

And all notifications have disappeared 2.955

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.852

# 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 3.993

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.163

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.581

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.492

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.308

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.292

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.824

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.350

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.255

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.146

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 0.001

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 1.104

And the network is plugged 0.038

And Tor is ready 8.339

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.271

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742

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	5:55.673	Passed

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