Cucumber Reports (no 6699) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6699	29 Sep 2026, 11:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:33.148	Passed

17.579

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 6.165

When the network is plugged 0.041

And I successfully configure Tor 11.338

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.071

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.068

When the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.785

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.934

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.206

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.024

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.061

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.135

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.897

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.442

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.055

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.338

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.367

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.128

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.205

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 41.852

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.164

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.202

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 6.251

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.955

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.824

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.168

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.843

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 0.076

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.620

And the computer boots Tails 29.093

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.230

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.155

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.076

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 17.912

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.535

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.102

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.130

And all notifications have disappeared 3.542

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.072

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.797

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.609

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.170

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.516

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.897

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.313

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.078

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.936

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.304

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.730

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.117

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.122

And all notifications have disappeared 3.467

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.692

# 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 4.094

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.151

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.421

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.374

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.282

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.235

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.145

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.305

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.143

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.564

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 6.288

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.038

And Tor is ready 6.862

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.290

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:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871

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	5:33.148	Passed

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