Cucumber Reports (no 6737) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6737	12 Oct 2026, 12:05

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:12.713	Passed

20.098

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.597

When the network is plugged 0.041

And I successfully configure Tor 13.412

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.153

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.499

When the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.942

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.716

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.914

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.942

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.289

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.289

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.983

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.907

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.042

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.363

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.836

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.278

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.181

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 43.800

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.566

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.189

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 29.891

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.277

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 44.483

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.532

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.928

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.054

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 0.095

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.749

And the computer boots Tails 31.148

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.407

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.705

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.083

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 17.542

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.060

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.759

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.509

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 3.881

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.829

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.614

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.272

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.735

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.889

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.314

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.935

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.335

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.686

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 6.698

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 4.079

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.701

# 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 4.101

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.247

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.412

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.653

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.411

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.353

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.086

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.188

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.360

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.147

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.584

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 6.465

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.100

And the network is plugged 0.031

And Tor is ready 7.580

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.402

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819

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	6:12.713	Passed

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