Cucumber Reports (no 6641) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6641	06 Sep 2026, 11:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:7.767	Passed

18.507

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.347

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 12.077

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.050

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.441

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.965

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.425

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.153

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.642

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 6.293

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.221

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.915

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.745

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.069

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.330

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.959

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 0.001

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 "-15 days" 0.209

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 43.694

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.835

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.214

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.525

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.683

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 42.934

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.070

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.094

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

And I start the computer 0.638

And the computer boots Tails 30.275

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.902

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 29.998

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.130

When the network is plugged 0.055

And I successfully configure Tor 18.682

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.193

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.378

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.196

And all notifications have disappeared 3.661

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.044

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.712

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.696

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.725

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.681

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.412

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.094

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.976

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.382

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.090

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.424

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.578

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.135

And all notifications have disappeared 4.191

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.710

# 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 4.063

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.283

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.296

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.854

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.317

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.276

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.325

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.147

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.803

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.636

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.069

And the network is plugged 0.025

And Tor is ready 7.695

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.372

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 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699

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	6:7.767	Passed

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