Cucumber Reports (no 6643) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6643	07 Sep 2026, 20:05

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:48.848	Passed

20.042

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 6.326

When the network is plugged 0.050

And I successfully configure Tor 13.630

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.730

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 6.419

When the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.268

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.932

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.033

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.847

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 6.426

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.164

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.014

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.436

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.260

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.443

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.394

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 6.322

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.225

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.206

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.635

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.164

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 6.248

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.914

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 44.144

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.852

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.700

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 0.131

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

And I start the computer 0.599

And the computer boots Tails 29.915

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.936

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 6.861

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.097

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 18.915

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.485

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 6.361

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.180

And all notifications have disappeared 3.936

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.650

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.993

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.814

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.075

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.329

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.074

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.357

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.335

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.483

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.440

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

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" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.726

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.780

# 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 4.170

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.337

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.350

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.419

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.326

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.274

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.893

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.314

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.158

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.498

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.105

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.401

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.068

And the network is plugged 0.209

And Tor is ready 8.160

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.260

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 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762

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	5:48.848	Passed

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