Cucumber Reports (no 6586) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6586	17 Aug 2026, 17:59

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:45.706	Passed

19.835

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 6.424

When the network is plugged 0.057

And I successfully configure Tor 13.321

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.031

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.455

When the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.832

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.562

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.097

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.888

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 6.319

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.166

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.868

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.633

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.467

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.355

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.117

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 6.295

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.229

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 43.767

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.815

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.839

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 6.378

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.480

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.676

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.298

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.978

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 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.082

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

And I start the computer 0.610

And the computer boots Tails 30.212

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.243

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.435

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 17.655

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.442

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.324

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.130

And all notifications have disappeared 4.017

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.043

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.915

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.510

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.194

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.835

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.467

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.298

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.144

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.398

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.760

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 0.002

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" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 3.472

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.878

# 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 4.053

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.183

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.571

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.024

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" 0.146

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.092

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.110

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.559

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.368

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.271

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.569

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 6.696

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088

And the network is plugged 0.045

And Tor is ready 7.336

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.396

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 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	5:45.706	Passed

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