Cucumber Reports (no 6487) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6487	02 Jul 2026, 11:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:59.646	Passed

18.589

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 6.629

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 11.900

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.502

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 6.640

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.871

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.989

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.948

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.330

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.548

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.175

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.115

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.362

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.689

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.368

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.662

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 6.462

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.193

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.911

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.088

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.693

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.545

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.161

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.329

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.651

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.165

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 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.082

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.725

And the computer boots Tails 33.032

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.317

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.583

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 6.685

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.083

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 17.758

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.052

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 6.559

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 3.229

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.012

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.678

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.826

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.211

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.554

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.708

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.355

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.089

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.113

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.412

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.879

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.514

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.143

And all notifications have disappeared 3.286

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.684

# 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 4.125

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.183

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.461

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.133

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.459

# "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" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.901

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.355

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.240

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.188

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 6.481

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

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.240

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.359

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 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762

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	5:59.646	Passed

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