Cucumber Reports (no 6706) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6706	29 Sep 2026, 15:54

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:17.105	Passed

19.053

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 6.249

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 12.736

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.699

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.239

When the network is plugged 0.047

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.837

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.662

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.885

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.026

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.964

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.226

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.161

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.745

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.223

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.195

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.333

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.935

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.035

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.192

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 42.789

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.907

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.456

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.239

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.283

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.972

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 41.619

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.355

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.732

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 0.127

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.028

And I start the computer 0.614

And the computer boots Tails 29.923

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.746

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 0.001

Steps

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

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.079

When the network is plugged 0.044

And I successfully configure Tor 17.265

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.682

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.206

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 3.593

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.053

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.740

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.650

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.243

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.619

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.905

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.331

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.074

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.701

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.317

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.596

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.347

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.142

And all notifications have disappeared 3.897

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.815

# 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 4.207

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.242

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.296

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.353

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.249

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.271

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.083

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.932

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.341

# 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" 0.349

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.455

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 18.489

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.037

And Tor is ready 7.580

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.267

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 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.073

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	6:17.105	Passed

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