Cucumber Reports (no 6726) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6726	07 Oct 2026, 07:53

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:54.304	Passed

19.217

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.443

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 12.673

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.558

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 6.490

When the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.315

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.731

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.934

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.429

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 6.477

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.178

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.147

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.602

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.521

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.400

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.721

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.536

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.196

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 45.942

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.879

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.464

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.416

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 44.932

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.831

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 0.089

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.618

And the computer boots Tails 30.059

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.376

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.449

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

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 17.750

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.915

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 6.409

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.195

And all notifications have disappeared 3.818

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.266

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.616

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.321

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.756

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.975

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.541

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.350

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.393

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.926

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 6.552

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 3.761

And I capture all network traffic 0.013

And the network is plugged 0.048

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.218

# 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 4.355

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.617

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.554

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.350

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.276

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.097

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.139

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.340

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.176

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.330

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.449

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 6.460

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.133

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 8.458

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.354

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983

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	5:54.304	Passed

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