Cucumber Reports (no 6304) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6304	15 Apr 2026, 13:01

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:42.921	Passed

19.099

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.646

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 12.382

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.343

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 6.746

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.310

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.069

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.150

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.256

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 6.542

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.204

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.817

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.327

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.030

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 0.262

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.774

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.995

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.282

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 51.989

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.498

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.794

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

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

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.054

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 52.662

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.323

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.792

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 0.055

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

And I start the computer 0.963

And the computer boots Tails 34.386

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.379

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.013

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 6.723

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.070

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.147

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.018

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.217

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.705

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.163

And all notifications have disappeared 3.458

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.049

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.186

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.566

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.254

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.755

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.904

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.415

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.195

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.366

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:22.287

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 0.032

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.878

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.250

And all notifications have disappeared 3.586

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.672

# 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 4.315

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.200

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.520

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.766

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.363

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.273

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.621

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.375

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.263

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.342

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 6.606

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.074

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.207

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.434

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 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774

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	6:42.921	Passed

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