Cucumber Reports (no 6639) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6639	04 Sep 2026, 11:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:34.242	Passed

16.887

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.159

When the network is plugged 0.051

And I successfully configure Tor 10.642

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.523

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.139

When the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.861

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.589

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.843

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.394

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 6.247

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.155

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.933

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.777

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.865

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.376

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.132

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.145

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 42.570

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.518

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.438

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.287

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 6.224

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.074

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 41.990

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.992

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.866

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 0.081

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.649

And the computer boots Tails 29.079

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.469

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.137

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.082

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 17.168

Then 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 0.974

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.061

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.170

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.852

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.883

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.636

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.574

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.816

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.282

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.992

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.339

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.831

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.302

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.181

And all notifications have disappeared 3.613

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.808

# 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 4.194

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.313

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.456

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.545

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.318

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.258

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.151

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.330

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.183

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.545

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.327

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.086

And the network is plugged 0.027

And Tor is ready 7.830

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.270

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925

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	5:34.242	Passed

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