Cucumber Reports (no 6619) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6619	01 Sep 2026, 11:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:4.684	Passed

23.202

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.692

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 16.399

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.315

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.420

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.432

When the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.933

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.915

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.040

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.864

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 18.420

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.177

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.909

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.494

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.434

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.353

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 0.622

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.585

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 6.387

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.167

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 45.588

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.429

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.889

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 6.682

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.213

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 44.647

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.337

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.849

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 0.083

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

And I start the computer 0.673

And the computer boots Tails 31.008

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.845

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.380

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

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 18.277

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.022

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 6.212

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.205

And all notifications have disappeared 3.307

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071

And the network is plugged 0.134

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.189

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.597

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.256

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.475

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.552

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.460

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.166

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.957

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 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.038

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 6.339

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 3.667

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.917

# 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 4.288

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.367

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.553

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.370

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.148

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.092

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.939

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.559

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.303

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.319

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.965

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.430

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.125

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 7.029

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.341

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 0.907

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	6:4.684	Passed

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