Cucumber Reports (no 6646) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6646	08 Sep 2026, 11:44

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:39.877	Passed

17.662

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.662

When the network is plugged 0.051

And I successfully configure Tor 10.904

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.252

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.263

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.040

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.264

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.612

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 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.157

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 6.444

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.156

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.990

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.958

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.179

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.348

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.535

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 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.455

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.185

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 44.986

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.897

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:28.771

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 41.966

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.843

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 44.832

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.117

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.729

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.135

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.662

And the computer boots Tails 30.861

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.388

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 6.691

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 17.533

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.482

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.293

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 6.380

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162

And all notifications have disappeared 3.839

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.195

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.598

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.271

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.712

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.857

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.377

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.275

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.359

# 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 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.643

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.534

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.202

And all notifications have disappeared 3.936

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.787

# 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 3.983

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.482

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.050

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.473

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.188

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.969

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.341

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.347

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.441

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.411

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.080

And the network is plugged 0.025

And Tor is ready 8.611

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.309

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 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522

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	6:39.877	Passed

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