Cucumber Reports (no 6302) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6302	15 Apr 2026, 07:41

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:49.652	Passed

20.321

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 6.773

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 13.464

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.540

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 6.973

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.479

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.401

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.613

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.072

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.826

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.167

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.054

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.276

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.355

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.275

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.071

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.617

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.262

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.009

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.175

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:18.196

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.876

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.316

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:8.605

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.390

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.672

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.854

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.060

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

And I start the computer 0.997

And the computer boots Tails 33.731

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.820

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.757

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.108

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 19.888

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.867

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.876

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.170

And all notifications have disappeared 3.882

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.457

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.903

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.314

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.075

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.876

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.449

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.288

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.325

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.624

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.790

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.217

And all notifications have disappeared 3.684

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.261

# 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 4.652

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.314

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.633

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.802

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.433

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.319

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.138

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.517

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.393

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.376

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.079

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.282

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.110

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 8.620

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.004

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.436

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:527 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855

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	6:49.652	Passed

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