Cucumber Reports (no 6662) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6662	14 Sep 2026, 07:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:51.859	Passed

18.103

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.225

When the network is plugged 0.043

And I successfully configure Tor 11.802

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.293

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.937

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 6.347

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.940

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.510

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.072

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.930

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.186

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.157

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.913

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.995

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.238

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.351

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.385

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 6.366

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.143

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 41.755

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.109

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.237

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.313

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 41.428

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.576

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.510

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 0.077

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

And I start the computer 0.615

And the computer boots Tails 29.757

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.436

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.270

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.102

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 18.977

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.473

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.098

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.251

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 3.276

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.718

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.726

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.287

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.319

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.678

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.257

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.091

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.835

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.321

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.551

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 6.324

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

And all notifications have disappeared 2.841

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.782

# 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 3.866

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.521

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.936

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.287

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.137

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.089

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.931

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.319

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.142

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.668

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 6.181

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.067

And the network is plugged 0.031

And Tor is ready 9.090

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.292

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 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725

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	5:51.859	Passed

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