Cucumber Reports (no 6720) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6720	04 Oct 2026, 11:36

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:37.218	Passed

17.209

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 6.490

When the network is plugged 0.061

And I successfully configure Tor 10.619

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.084

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 6.538

When the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.921

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.668

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.878

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.772

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.624

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.151

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.873

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.759

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.958

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.315

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.522

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.304

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.201

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 42.247

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.761

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.883

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 6.287

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 43.076

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.912

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.767

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 0.075

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

And I start the computer 0.618

And the computer boots Tails 30.007

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.327

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.500

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 6.268

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.102

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 17.056

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.709

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 6.253

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.165

And all notifications have disappeared 3.224

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.042

And the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.746

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.623

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.282

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.639

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.965

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.305

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.904

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.380

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.942

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 6.706

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 3.774

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.665

# 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 4.025

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.148

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.292

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.568

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.441

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.297

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.091

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.094

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.378

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.203

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.480

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.826

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 6.185

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.069

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 7.224

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637

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	5:37.218	Passed

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