Cucumber Reports (no 6658) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6658	10 Sep 2026, 15:57

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:41.662	Passed

18.899

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.327

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 12.508

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.344

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 6.254

When the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.872

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.166

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.981

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.542

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.326

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.191

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.466

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.280

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.891

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.026

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.324

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.267

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 6.124

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.194

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.116

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.826

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.078

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.120

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.958

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 41.420

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.562

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.210

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.074

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

And I start the computer 0.568

And the computer boots Tails 28.499

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.176

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 6.399

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.105

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 18.597

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.353

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 6.213

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.142

And all notifications have disappeared 3.324

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.741

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.705

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.144

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.273

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.041

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.291

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.086

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.887

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.371

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.059

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 6.257

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 3.772

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.775

# 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 3.839

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.561

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.313

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.299

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.158

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.006

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.317

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.293

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.296

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.731

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.291

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

And the network is plugged 0.030

And Tor is ready 8.036

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.297

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 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731

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	5:41.662	Passed

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