Cucumber Reports (no 6637) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6637	03 Sep 2026, 20:03

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:8.597	Passed

18.571

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 6.241

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 12.251

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.457

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 6.259

When the network is plugged 0.095

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.322

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.495

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.243

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.349

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 6.420

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.207

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.036

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.019

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.173

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.399

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 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.181

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.394

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.315

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 47.023

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.437

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.912

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.418

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.495

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.283

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.709

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.798

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.140

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

And I start the computer 0.796

And the computer boots Tails 31.795

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.280

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 6.508

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

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 17.622

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.361

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.937

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.395

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.203

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.413

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.645

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.294

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.741

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.429

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.343

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.606

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.406

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.863

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 18.914

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.128

And all notifications have disappeared 3.947

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.046

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.836

# 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 4.030

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.638

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.788

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.379

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.318

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.944

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.373

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.217

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.246

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 6.298

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.072

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 8.489

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.355

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 0.007

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.298

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683

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	6:8.597	Passed

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