Cucumber Reports (no 6734) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6734	10 Oct 2026, 11:36

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:45.198	Passed

19.621

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 6.590

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 12.975

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.027

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.768

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.252

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.047

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.548

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.853

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.640

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 6.245

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.199

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.796

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.925

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.014

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.539

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 6.140

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.192

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 42.480

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.716

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.864

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 6.445

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.432

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 42.946

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.500

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.550

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 0.107

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

And I start the computer 0.691

And the computer boots Tails 29.682

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.524

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 6.318

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.082

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 19.023

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.720

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.441

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.255

And all notifications have disappeared 3.956

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.894

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.784

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.699

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.918

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.299

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.092

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.806

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.319

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.991

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.199

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 4.255

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.976

# 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 4.123

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.319

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.431

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" 0.267

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.922

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 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.291

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.976

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 6.253

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.114

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 7.117

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 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.177

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	5:45.198	Passed

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