Cucumber Reports (no 6308) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6308	19 Apr 2026, 11:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:19.318	Passed

50.123

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 6.633

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 43.425

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.208

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 6.608

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.187

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.122

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.210

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.786

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" 0.227

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.516

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.609

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.516

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.280

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.080

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.819

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.522

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.273

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.614

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.401

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.759

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 6.702

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.092

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.846

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.110

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.127

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.536

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.068

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.887

And the computer boots Tails 34.183

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.385

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.548

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.160

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.928

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.098

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.524

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.512

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 3.827

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.186

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.986

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.258

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.818

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.425

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.494

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.185

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.206

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.313

# 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 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.460

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 6.661

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.220

And all notifications have disappeared 4.003

And I capture all network traffic 0.027

And the network is plugged 0.073

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.373

# 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 4.319

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.251

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" 15.099

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.681

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.248

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.209

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.346

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.266

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.939

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.774

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

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.521

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.539

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 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.575

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 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	7:19.318	Passed

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