Cucumber Reports (no 6711) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6711	30 Sep 2026, 15:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:49.179	Passed

17.181

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.501

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 10.610

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.668

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.126

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.360

When the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.808

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.778

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.066

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.758

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.703

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.175

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.868

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.523

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.965

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.425

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.178

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 6.228

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.170

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 46.248

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.518

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.744

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 6.777

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 43.760

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.245

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.050

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.097

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

And I start the computer 0.671

And the computer boots Tails 31.209

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.340

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.472

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.097

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 17.702

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.643

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.741

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 4.249

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.048

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.667

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.964

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.286

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.790

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.003

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.341

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.068

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.725

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.430

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.084

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.157

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 6.230

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.170

And all notifications have disappeared 3.829

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.887

# 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 4.177

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.361

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.328

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

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

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.315

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.394

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.097

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.394

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.324

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.997

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.438

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.083

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 8.130

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.307

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 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916

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	5:49.179	Passed

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