Cucumber Reports (no 6396) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6396	21 May 2026, 11:53

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:45.593	Passed

20.386

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.764

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 13.550

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.700

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.588

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 6.686

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.363

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.321

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.156

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.541

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.679

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.200

And I capture all network traffic 0.011

And the network is plugged 0.052

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.468

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.012

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.779

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.287

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.321

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.880

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.073

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.765

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.678

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.273

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 52.684

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.120

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.805

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 6.857

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.962

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 53.237

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.730

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.850

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.091

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.259

And I start the computer 0.810

And the computer boots Tails 36.339

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.349

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.598

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 19.070

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.093

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.364

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.968

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.572

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.605

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.195

And all notifications have disappeared 3.479

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.728

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.593

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.226

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.995

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.335

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.563

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.213

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.360

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.028

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.533

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 19.034

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.212

And all notifications have disappeared 3.316

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.219

# 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 4.150

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.604

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.249

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.467

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.251

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.140

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.135

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.188

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.256

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.951

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.837

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.165

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.559

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.367

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 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.602

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	6:45.593	Passed

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