Cucumber Reports (no 6729) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6729	08 Oct 2026, 07:33

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:43.822	Passed

19.297

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 6.459

When the network is plugged 0.068

And I successfully configure Tor 12.732

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.165

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.214

When the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.075

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.471

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.343

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.172

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.314

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.158

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.130

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.630

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.503

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.358

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.982

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 6.245

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.193

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 42.674

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.860

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.499

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.232

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 6.366

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.863

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 43.933

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.657

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 0.129

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.694

And the computer boots Tails 29.777

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.539

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 6.267

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.089

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 19.106

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.670

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.312

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.180

And all notifications have disappeared 3.556

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.837

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.737

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.670

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.220

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.349

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.922

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.382

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.594

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 6.354

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 3.691

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.805

# 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 4.022

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.238

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.435

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.902

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.476

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.266

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.365

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.396

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.289

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.509

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.162

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.037

And Tor is ready 8.782

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.452

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943

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	5:43.822	Passed

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