Cucumber Reports (no 6311) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6311	20 Apr 2026, 13:57

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:52.191	Passed

19.791

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.035

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 12.688

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.967

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 0.004

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.407

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.431

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.234

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.620

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.836

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.785

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.202

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.804

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.142

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.478

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.359

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.040

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 6.683

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.252

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 54.093

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.609

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.259

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.523

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.729

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.958

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.107

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.976

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.065

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

And I start the computer 0.812

And the computer boots Tails 34.696

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.392

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.104

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.130

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 6.575

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.078

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.414

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.857

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:27.729

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 7.056

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.207

And all notifications have disappeared 3.862

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.267

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.600

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.237

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.204

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.082

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.481

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.132

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.789

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.656

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.969

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.131

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.755

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.192

And all notifications have disappeared 3.836

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.769

# 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 4.235

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.208

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.709

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.417

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.444

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.296

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.176

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.209

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.370

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.414

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.327

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 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.000

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.095

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 9.708

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.500

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 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.729

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	6:52.191	Passed

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