Cucumber Reports (no 6739) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6739	12 Oct 2026, 13:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:12.732	Passed

31.781

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.765

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 12.947

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.648

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.066

When the network is plugged 0.054

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.929

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.089

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.445

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.413

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.756

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.206

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.210

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.277

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.392

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.472

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.918

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.563

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.231

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 45.569

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.542

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.934

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 6.712

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.242

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.676

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.298

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.351

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.074

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.114

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

And I start the computer 0.664

And the computer boots Tails 32.231

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.324

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.339

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.099

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 18.817

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.362

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 6.575

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.193

And all notifications have disappeared 3.428

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.289

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.629

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.220

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.078

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.025

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.426

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.907

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.340

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.832

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 6.717

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.324

And all notifications have disappeared 3.931

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.305

# 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 4.244

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.524

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.947

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.434

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.165

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.090

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.414

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.315

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.441

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 6.394

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.097

And the network is plugged 0.028

And Tor is ready 9.431

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.482

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 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997

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	6:12.732	Passed

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