Cucumber Reports (no 6442) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6442	12 Jun 2026, 11:41

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:11.243	Passed

20.522

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.030

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.030

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.352

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 13.105

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.335

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.596

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.201

When the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.233

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.613

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.462

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.911

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 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.115

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.270

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.340

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.505

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.180

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.394

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.911

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.917

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.218

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 51.637

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.130

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.086

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.157

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.895

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.259

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 51.419

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.575

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.169

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given a computer 0.187

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 0.758

And the computer boots Tails 33.146

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.253

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.172

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.132

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 17.879

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.092

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 0.049

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.982

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.228

And all notifications have disappeared 3.318

And I capture all network traffic 0.033

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.083

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.260

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.566

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.208

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.638

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.841

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.360

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.097

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.059

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.346

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.760

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.848

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 3.576

And I capture all network traffic 0.018

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.313

# 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 4.180

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.246

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.616

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.883

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.362

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.232

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.501

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.344

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.264

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.866

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.114

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.132

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.117

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.463

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 0.021

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.324

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998

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	6:11.243	Passed

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