Cucumber Reports (no 6374) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6374	14 May 2026, 11:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:0.460	Passed

18.830

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.410

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 12.324

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.755

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.127

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.397

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.361

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.341

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.964

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.951

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.981

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.515

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.160

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.417

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.486

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.119

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.224

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.123

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.274

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.435

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.166

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 49.520

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.145

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.002

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.578

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.420

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.314

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.683

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.608

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.082

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.051

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

And I start the computer 0.666

And the computer boots Tails 32.310

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.546

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.229

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.386

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.076

When the network is plugged 0.012

And I successfully configure Tor 17.716

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.798

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.949

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.380

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.429

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.232

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.549

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.666

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.167

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.401

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.189

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.163

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.243

# 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:531 0.137

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.688

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.317

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.305

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 3.149

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.242

# 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 4.030

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.193

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.469

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.367

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.370

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.227

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.138

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.025

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.272

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.288

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.663

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.451

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

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.582

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.515

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:531 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.902

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:0.460	Passed

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