Cucumber Reports (no 6332) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6332	29 Apr 2026, 11:28

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:3.509	Passed

18.783

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 6.648

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 12.065

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.304

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.532

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.807

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.764

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.139

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.983

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.553

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.244

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.227

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.581

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.096

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.213

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.137

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.617

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.807

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 6.470

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.258

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.219

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.852

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.924

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 6.462

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.469

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 49.959

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.027

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.670

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.584

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 0.068

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.734

And the computer boots Tails 32.724

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.527

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.507

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 6.659

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.079

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 17.696

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:27.523

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 6.471

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.228

And all notifications have disappeared 3.495

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.280

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.468

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.250

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.600

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.364

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.518

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

Then I wait until Tor is ready 36.215

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.342

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.391

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.597

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.197

And all notifications have disappeared 3.610

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.641

# 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 4.386

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.264

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.557

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.738

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.394

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.257

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.270

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.254

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

45.698

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.470

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 37.712

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.413

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991

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	7:3.509	Passed

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