Cucumber Reports (no 6322) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6322	22 Apr 2026, 11:45

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:59.559	Passed

19.829

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 6.644

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 13.096

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.077

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.796

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.674

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.299

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.245

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.799

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 6.726

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.586

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.093

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.738

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.266

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.303

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:20.247

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 6.857

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.249

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:11.913

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.220

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:17.975

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.239

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.755

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.913

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.368

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 0.090

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.871

And the computer boots Tails 34.971

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.423

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.652

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 19.136

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 19.349

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.434

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.784

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.183

And all notifications have disappeared 4.221

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.083

And the network is plugged 0.052

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.214

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.935

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.233

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.949

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.849

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.489

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.180

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.773

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.396

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.085

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.011

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.988

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.224

And all notifications have disappeared 3.740

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.845

# 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 4.373

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.298

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.683

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.087

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.440

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.385

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.139

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.268

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.313

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

48.163

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 7.030

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.102

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 39.609

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.394

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.323

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.728

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	7:59.559	Passed

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