Cucumber Reports (no 6669) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6669	15 Sep 2026, 13:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:2.993	Passed

18.278

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.655

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 11.540

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.918

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.777

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.325

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.510

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.204

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.315

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.214

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.552

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.229

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.166

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.590

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.072

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.501

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.206

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.540

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 44.192

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.266

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.960

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 6.353

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.604

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 43.400

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.589

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.456

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.641

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.095

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.015

And I start the computer 0.702

And the computer boots Tails 30.785

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.260

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 18.586

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.107

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 18.469

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.494

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.591

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.214

And all notifications have disappeared 3.627

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.657

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.947

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.715

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.522

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.287

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.098

Then I wait until Tor is ready 9.060

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.483

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.189

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 6.492

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.192

And all notifications have disappeared 3.903

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.652

# 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 4.563

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.506

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.853

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.432

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.264

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.141

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.398

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.362

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.828

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.485

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 7.922

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.307

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593

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	6:2.993	Passed

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