Cucumber Reports (no 6686) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6686	21 Sep 2026, 18:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:40.898	Passed

17.354

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.441

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 10.839

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.185

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.524

When the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.806

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.562

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.209

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.806

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.315

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.152

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.839

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.711

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.387

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.336

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.101

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.183

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.179

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.221

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.512

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.864

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.316

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.537

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.095

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.910

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.679

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.097

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.015

And I start the computer 0.681

And the computer boots Tails 29.843

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.850

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 6.492

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.068

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 17.205

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.422

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.279

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.141

And all notifications have disappeared 3.703

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.674

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.668

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.687

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.991

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.294

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.091

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.122

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.395

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.776

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 6.363

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 3.405

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.682

# 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 4.042

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.140

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.543

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.466

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.306

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.190

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.804

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.330

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.140

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.856

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 6.340

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 8.053

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.339

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 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560

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	5:40.898	Passed

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