Cucumber Reports (no 6326) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6326	23 Apr 2026, 13:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:40.866	Passed

19.307

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.876

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 12.349

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.987

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 6.770

When the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.505

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.818

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.807

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.593

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.522

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.031

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.218

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.405

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.264

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.278

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.273

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.670

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.490

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 6.778

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.420

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.494

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.790

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.739

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.075

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.122

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 6.949

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.161

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.859

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.147

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.604

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.563

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.057

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

And I start the computer 0.830

And the computer boots Tails 35.302

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.363

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.061

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.503

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.890

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 19.461

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.674

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.727

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 4.011

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.785

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.629

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.831

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.977

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.459

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.200

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.339

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.609

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.653

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.230

And all notifications have disappeared 3.987

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.074

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.862

# 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 4.224

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.231

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.448

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.827

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.573

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.300

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.140

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.283

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.397

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.305

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.299

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.084

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.689

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.123

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 9.729

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.509

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 0.016

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887

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	6:40.866	Passed

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