Cucumber Reports (no 6625) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6625	02 Sep 2026, 13:18

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:6.981	Passed

18.615

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 6.491

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 12.038

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.998

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 6.353

When the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.715

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.528

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.323

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.560

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.572

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.184

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.884

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.385

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.097

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.362

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.731

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.935

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.250

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 44.851

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.688

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.992

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.299

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.673

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 47.779

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.230

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.417

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 0.072

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.648

And the computer boots Tails 30.643

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.070

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 6.657

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.104

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 18.239

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.830

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.416

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.185

And all notifications have disappeared 3.886

And I capture all network traffic 0.015

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.150

And the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.227

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.577

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.258

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.881

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.028

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.449

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.497

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.315

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.370

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.510

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.400

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.408

# 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 4.159

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.380

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.965

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.349

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.362

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.547

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.410

# 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" 0.304

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.317

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.027

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.394

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.500

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.071

And the network is plugged 0.025

And Tor is ready 8.284

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.476

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.006

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.557

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753

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	6:6.981	Passed

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