Cucumber Reports (no 6375) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6375	14 May 2026, 20:00

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:16.173	Passed

20.225

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.888

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 13.264

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.960

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 6.670

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.365

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.557

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.289

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.673

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.603

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 6.988

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.192

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.730

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.931

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.420

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.276

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.055

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.429

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 6.721

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.198

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.859

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.642

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.730

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.150

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.792

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.357

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.586

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.408

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.798

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 0.054

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.767

And the computer boots Tails 35.561

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.408

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.518

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 6.885

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.094

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 18.474

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.364

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 6.484

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 3.630

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.072

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.898

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.582

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.293

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.122

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.878

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.500

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.191

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.092

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.307

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.001

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.185

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.616

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171

And all notifications have disappeared 3.662

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.199

# 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 4.556

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.231

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.492

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.926

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.404

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.256

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.720

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.362

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.378

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.936

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.931

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

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.471

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.430

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:531 0.462

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

	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	6:16.173	Passed

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