Cucumber Reports (no 6653) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6653	09 Sep 2026, 19:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:56.411	Passed

20.683

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.664

When the network is plugged 0.057

And I successfully configure Tor 13.903

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.219

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 7.011

When the network is plugged 0.050

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.908

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.790

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.428

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.670

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 6.718

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.197

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.718

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.416

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.058

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.458

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.072

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.693

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.252

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 44.858

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.257

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.730

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.930

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.816

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 44.347

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.628

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.210

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 0.098

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.613

And the computer boots Tails 31.230

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.254

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.341

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.515

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.772

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 17.575

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.077

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 6.935

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.271

And all notifications have disappeared 4.208

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.073

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.282

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.631

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.809

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.591

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.337

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.176

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.987

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.419

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.102

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.269

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.170

And all notifications have disappeared 3.737

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.806

# 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 4.076

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.176

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.587

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.515

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.472

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.282

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.022

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.483

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.325

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.129

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.760

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.167

And the network is plugged 0.029

And Tor is ready 8.855

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.310

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 0.394

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	5:56.411	Passed

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