Cucumber Reports (no 6394) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6394	21 May 2026, 07:31

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:53.399	Passed

19.266

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 6.444

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 12.762

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.202

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 6.505

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.928

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.706

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.009

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.123

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.883

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.226

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 6.412

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.195

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.856

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.298

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.169

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.220

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.299

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 6.474

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.218

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 48.471

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.127

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.087

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.990

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.520

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.470

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.051

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.944

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.104

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.580

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.857

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 0.049

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

And I start the computer 0.767

And the computer boots Tails 31.983

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.742

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.006

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 6.469

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.104

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 17.369

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.010

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.076

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 6.469

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.209

And all notifications have disappeared 3.261

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.787

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.636

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.217

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.697

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.209

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.368

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.792

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.196

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.039

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.486

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 6.498

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.297

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.842

# 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 4.021

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.231

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.513

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.620

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.393

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.232

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.000

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.277

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.228

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.542

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.987

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 6.342

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.105

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 7.081

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.440

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:531 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.140

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	5:53.399	Passed

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