Cucumber Reports (no 6382) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6382	17 May 2026, 11:17

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:1.966	Passed

19.738

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 6.458

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 13.210

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.233

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 6.374

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.915

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.524

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.356

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.653

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.430

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.183

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.855

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.695

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.168

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.248

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.707

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 6.503

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.193

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 49.630

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.366

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.018

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 6.379

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.635

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.723

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.274

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.673

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.280

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 0.045

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

And I start the computer 0.667

And the computer boots Tails 32.513

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.824

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.313

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 6.602

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.071

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 17.577

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.705

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.972

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 6.423

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.140

And all notifications have disappeared 3.552

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.157

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.528

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.212

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.725

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.221

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.379

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.078

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.293

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.618

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.842

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.457

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.165

And all notifications have disappeared 3.510

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.231

# 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 4.068

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.221

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.537

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.229

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.386

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.258

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.023

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.309

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.247

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.596

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.205

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 6.561

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.079

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 8.161

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.384

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 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.745

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	6:1.966	Passed

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