Cucumber Reports (no 6677) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6677	17 Sep 2026, 11:41

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:42.809	Passed

18.058

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.251

When the network is plugged 0.057

And I successfully configure Tor 11.691

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.823

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.341

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.940

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.183

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.287

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.716

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.223

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.164

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.050

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.083

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.735

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.060

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 0.353

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.555

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.412

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.222

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 43.571

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.340

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.800

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.320

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.488

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.929

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.759

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.084

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.736

And the computer boots Tails 29.856

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.087

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.186

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.069

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 17.762

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.419

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.309

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.805

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.614

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.898

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.159

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.695

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.914

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.323

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.090

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.978

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.345

# 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:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.474

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.159

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.251

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.937

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.709

# 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 4.237

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.430

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.140

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.341

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.144

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.962

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.359

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.137

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.429

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.287

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.093

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 7.659

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.352

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:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 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	5:42.809	Passed

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