Cucumber Reports (no 6691) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6691	24 Sep 2026, 15:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:42.658	Passed

33.962

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.491

When the network is plugged 0.067

And I successfully configure Tor 27.363

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.963

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.481

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.884

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.450

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.076

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.271

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 6.615

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.144

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.787

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.160

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.099

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.379

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.008

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.875

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.231

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 44.654

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.237

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.458

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.237

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.730

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.510

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 46.626

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.364

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.881

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 0.085

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

And I start the computer 0.675

And the computer boots Tails 30.054

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.651

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.651

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.087

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 17.822

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.059

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 6.427

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.128

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.303

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.655

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.141

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.871

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.435

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.342

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.957

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.414

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.594

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 6.407

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.147

And all notifications have disappeared 3.463

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.707

# 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 4.447

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.163

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.655

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.852

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.378

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.300

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.210

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.391

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.077

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.252

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.027

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 18.444

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.234

And the network is plugged 0.043

And Tor is ready 7.913

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.382

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 0.007

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842

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	6:42.658	Passed

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