Cucumber Reports (no 6709) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6709	30 Sep 2026, 11:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:3.978	Passed

18.992

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.422

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 12.484

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.814

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 19.113

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.856

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.756

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.005

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.302

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 6.524

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.865

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.061

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.114

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.490

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 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.088

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.339

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.241

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 44.798

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.703

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.851

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.557

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.296

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.846

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.146

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.252

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.104

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.720

And the computer boots Tails 30.362

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.979

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 0.003

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 1.069

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 17.356

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.879

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 6.413

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171

And all notifications have disappeared 4.294

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.264

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.566

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.268

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.957

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.015

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.313

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.991

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.354

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.580

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 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.424

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146

And all notifications have disappeared 4.143

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.287

# 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 3.973

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.301

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.395

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.297

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.325

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.246

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.351

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.348

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.237

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 6.359

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.080

And the network is plugged 0.041

And Tor is ready 8.337

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.412

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 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.375

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	6:3.978	Passed

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