Cucumber Reports (no 6664) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6664	14 Sep 2026, 18:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:55.532	Passed

18.493

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.710

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 11.710

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.720

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.909

When the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.795

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.371

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.547

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.019

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 6.550

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.030

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.657

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.110

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.381

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.745

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.517

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.188

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 44.464

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.565

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.104

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.977

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.134

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 45.878

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.104

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.352

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 0.094

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

And I start the computer 0.726

And the computer boots Tails 31.466

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.696

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 6.538

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.084

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 18.003

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.972

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 6.620

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.040

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.045

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.652

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.972

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.206

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.759

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.364

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.381

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.237

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.347

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.046

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.177

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 6.479

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.522

And all notifications have disappeared 3.719

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.342

# 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 4.225

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.630

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.418

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.316

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.138

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.304

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.422

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.195

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.249

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.523

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.082

And the network is plugged 0.025

And Tor is ready 8.239

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.374

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 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693

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	5:55.532	Passed

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