Cucumber Reports (no 6297) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6297	14 Apr 2026, 19:32

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:49.542	Passed

20.263

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.607

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 13.596

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.194

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.839

When the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.357

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.343

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.575

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.478

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.761

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.190

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.409

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.418

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.330

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.281

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.594

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.847

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.862

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.365

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 52.035

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.576

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.995

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.859

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.143

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 53.253

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.732

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.700

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.054

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

And I start the computer 0.705

And the computer boots Tails 34.884

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.948

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.801

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.101

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 18.957

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.659

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.894

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.131

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.153

And all notifications have disappeared 3.693

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.213

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.649

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.283

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.138

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.949

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.351

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.412

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.665

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.419

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.151

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.281

And all notifications have disappeared 3.718

And I capture all network traffic 0.016

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.222

# 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 4.271

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.606

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.755

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.726

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.355

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.443

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.105

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.227

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.254

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.666

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.798

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.747

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.097

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 8.469

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.461

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:527 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 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	6:49.542	Passed

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