Cucumber Reports (no 6435) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6435	09 Jun 2026, 07:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:6.480	Passed

19.640

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 6.461

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 13.122

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.923

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.231

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 6.463

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.273

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.446

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.991

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.862

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.401

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.627

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.201

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.832

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.146

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.116

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 0.408

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.624

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.042

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 6.663

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.213

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.843

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.316

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.579

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.291

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.653

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.638

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.900

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.090

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.059

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.319

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 0.053

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

And I start the computer 0.800

And the computer boots Tails 32.401

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.876

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.441

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 6.626

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 17.658

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.669

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.792

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.677

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.197

And all notifications have disappeared 3.444

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.661

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.905

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.219

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.093

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.697

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.392

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.014

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.245

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.815

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.988

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 6.664

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 3.339

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.171

# 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 3.868

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.214

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" 14.641

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.434

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.231

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.064

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.260

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.231

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.160

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.607

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.330

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 6.462

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.073

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 8.405

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.365

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 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.739

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	6:6.480	Passed

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