Cucumber Reports (no 6680) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6680	17 Sep 2026, 15:55

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:0.964	Passed

18.292

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.457

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 11.769

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.132

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.349

When the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.827

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.787

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.088

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.088

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.591

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.194

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.019

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.672

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.137

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.378

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.829

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.512

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.189

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 44.066

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.099

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 6.430

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.683

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 43.034

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.941

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.315

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.089

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.674

And the computer boots Tails 30.483

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.602

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.567

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.159

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 17.799

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.319

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.299

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.349

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.159

And all notifications have disappeared 4.158

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.028

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.610

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.264

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.641

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.690

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.361

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.373

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.404

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.143

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.537

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.185

And all notifications have disappeared 4.050

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.980

# 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 4.140

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.234

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.315

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.835

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.349

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.286

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.119

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.708

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.159

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.309

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.160

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.486

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.087

And the network is plugged 0.035

And Tor is ready 7.223

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.321

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792

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	6:0.964	Passed

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