Cucumber Reports (no 6485) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6485	01 Jul 2026, 11:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:58.271	Passed

19.667

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.565

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 13.028

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.719

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 6.481

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.896

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.179

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.100

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.329

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.522

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.129

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.855

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.063

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.278

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.422

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.013

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 6.407

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.209

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.756

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.634

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.744

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 6.475

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.270

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.089

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.903

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.789

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.047

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.689

And the computer boots Tails 31.984

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.290

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 6.669

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.148

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 17.404

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.259

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 6.461

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 3.135

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.675

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.843

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.435

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.339

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.334

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.963

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.426

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.078

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.487

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 6.625

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.145

And all notifications have disappeared 3.215

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.647

# 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 4.407

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.480

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.247

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.416

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.238

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.086

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.338

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.248

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.971

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 6.384

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.074

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.144

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.345

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955

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	5:58.271	Passed

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