Cucumber Reports (no 6388) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6388	20 May 2026, 11:32

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:6.338	Passed

20.363

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.623

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 13.671

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.958

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 6.754

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.247

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.343

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.549

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.456

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 6.603

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.167

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.151

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.673

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.547

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.244

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.731

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.664

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 6.464

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.201

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 50.481

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.509

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.106

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.927

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 6.618

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.311

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.319

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.671

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.980

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.050

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

And I start the computer 0.733

And the computer boots Tails 33.113

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.219

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 6.734

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.077

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 18.333

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.633

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 6.615

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.489

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.164

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.609

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.285

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.821

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.247

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.506

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.070

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.318

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.039

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.749

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.602

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.147

And all notifications have disappeared 3.580

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.209

# 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 4.123

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.317

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.436

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.701

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" 0.227

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.171

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.398

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.279

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.813

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.385

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 6.671

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 7.180

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.418

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 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.637

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	6:6.338	Passed

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