Cucumber Reports (no 6613) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6613	28 Aug 2026, 11:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:39.001	Passed

18.536

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 6.301

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 12.149

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.635

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.335

When the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.724

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.474

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.048

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.025

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.012

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 6.184

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.170

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.779

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.394

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.030

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.374

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.255

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.148

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.248

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 43.236

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.615

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.019

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 6.441

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.574

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.477

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.521

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.531

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 0.080

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.592

And the computer boots Tails 29.798

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.928

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 0.002

Steps

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

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.077

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 17.439

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.530

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 6.255

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.828

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.726

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.627

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.342

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.523

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.286

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.091

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.341

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.329

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 6.315

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.155

And all notifications have disappeared 3.836

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.716

# 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 4.019

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.589

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.485

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.258

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.170

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.904

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.334

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.241

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.221

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.374

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.076

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 6.440

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.294

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 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711

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	5:39.001	Passed

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