Cucumber Reports (no 6323) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6323	22 Apr 2026, 12:00

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:55.488	Passed

20.578

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.119

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 13.386

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.673

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.278

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.553

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.062

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.733

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.002

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.082

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.196

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.602

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.924

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.498

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.621

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.056

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.324

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.259

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.135

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.330

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.223

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.453

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.778

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.063

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.914

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.407

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 0.128

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.018

And I start the computer 0.886

And the computer boots Tails 35.997

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.377

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.892

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.619

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.083

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 19.116

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.174

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.398

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.210

And all notifications have disappeared 4.222

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.934

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.653

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.039

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.987

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.445

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.450

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.282

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:23.961

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.520

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.181

And all notifications have disappeared 4.049

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.372

# 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 4.138

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.216

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.740

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.085

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.509

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.314

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.952

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.343

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.295

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

48.518

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.602

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.071

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 39.332

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.489

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 0.346

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842

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	7:55.488	Passed

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