Cucumber Reports (no 6633) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6633	03 Sep 2026, 15:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:55.477	Passed

19.638

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.477

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 13.089

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.151

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 6.456

When the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.897

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.616

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.088

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.993

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.293

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.193

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.861

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.178

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.968

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.402

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.279

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.708

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.218

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 44.538

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.807

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.969

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.492

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.475

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 44.040

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.954

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.054

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 0.095

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.017

And I start the computer 0.689

And the computer boots Tails 31.205

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.424

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.695

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.087

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 18.556

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.859

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 6.590

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.178

And all notifications have disappeared 4.047

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.620

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.853

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.888

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.223

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.376

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.203

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.468

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.305

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.520

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.224

And all notifications have disappeared 4.102

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.950

# 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 4.413

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.462

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.883

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.307

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.280

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.092

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.926

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.477

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.355

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.802

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 6.497

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.108

And the network is plugged 0.031

And Tor is ready 8.808

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.353

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 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.645

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	5:55.477	Passed

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