Cucumber Reports (no 6671) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6671	16 Sep 2026, 07:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:32.987	Passed

19.149

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.333

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 12.759

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.020

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.080

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.279

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.834

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 8.970

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.930

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.860

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.218

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.141

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.748

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.930

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.398

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.338

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.008

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.184

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.158

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 41.468

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.187

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.828

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.156

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.681

And I warm reboot the computer 0.003

And the computer reboots Tails 41.201

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.784

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.870

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 0.001

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 0.624

And the computer boots Tails 29.115

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.240

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 6.102

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.074

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 17.006

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.027

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.985

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 6.141

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.132

And all notifications have disappeared 3.728

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.686

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.656

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.264

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.729

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.879

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.283

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.877

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.333

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.263

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 6.134

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146

And all notifications have disappeared 3.644

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.799

# 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 4.013

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.297

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.595

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.326

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.285

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.125

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.020

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.332

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.360

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.700

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.164

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.095

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 7.030

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.381

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 0.298

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669

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	5:32.987	Passed

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