Cucumber Reports (no 6310) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6310	20 Apr 2026, 13:58

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:30.609	Passed

23.048

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.897

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 15.046

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.496

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.002

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.176

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.377

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.750

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.635

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.748

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.955

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.195

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.653

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.624

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.007

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.214

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.481

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 6.784

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.314

And I warm reboot the computer 0.049

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.748

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.584

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.921

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.678

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.243

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.947

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.920

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 0.080

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.811

And the computer boots Tails 36.507

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.506

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.277

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.952

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.089

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 20.149

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.294

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 7.877

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.241

And all notifications have disappeared 4.134

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.091

And the network is plugged 0.053

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.622

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.802

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.246

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.439

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.803

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.358

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.144

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.153

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.267

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:26.901

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.261

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.160

And all notifications have disappeared 4.148

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.493

# 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 4.379

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.251

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.651

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.816

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.434

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.268

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145

Then I wait until Tor is ready 36.972

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.436

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.077

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.375

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.013

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.678

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.076

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.876

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.360

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 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.490

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	7:30.609	Passed

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