Cucumber Reports (no 6381) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6381	16 May 2026, 11:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:2.668	Passed

19.758

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.584

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 13.121

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.730

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.123

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.532

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.307

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.993

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.226

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.702

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.492

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.177

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.299

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.420

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.026

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.211

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.124

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.120

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.517

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.220

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 50.890

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.483

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.145

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.644

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.501

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.128

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.864

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.474

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.458

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.080

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.691

And the computer boots Tails 32.582

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.095

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.620

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.280

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.668

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.095

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 18.439

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.744

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.032

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.558

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 3.483

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 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.223

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.749

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.308

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.709

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.948

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.414

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.977

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.229

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.165

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.045

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.040

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.531

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.409

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.171

# 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 4.026

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.278

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.557

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.294

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.413

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.269

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.153

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.006

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.391

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.298

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.055

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.006

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.619

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.082

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 7.923

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.355

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:531 0.341

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.937

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:2.668	Passed

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