Cucumber Reports (no 6710) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6710	30 Sep 2026, 14:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:18.898	Passed

21.134

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 7.026

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 13.981

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.331

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.333

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.346

When the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.898

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.121

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.862

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.521

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.744

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.235

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.037

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.186

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.695

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.518

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.885

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 7.175

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.252

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 46.615

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.831

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.218

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.617

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.598

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.097

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.900

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.416

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.063

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.124

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

And I start the computer 0.875

And the computer boots Tails 30.983

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.869

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 6.431

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.119

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 19.245

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.943

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.489

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.234

And all notifications have disappeared 4.181

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.253

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.544

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.590

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.715

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.174

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.326

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.585

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.609

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.958

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 6.660

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.029

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 2.558

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.648

# 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 4.306

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.325

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.991

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.348

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.163

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.091

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.865

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.364

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.222

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.969

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.412

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.086

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 7.989

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.442

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.310

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	6:18.898	Passed

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