Cucumber Reports (no 6751) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6751	17 Oct 2026, 11:29

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:51.796	Passed

17.873

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 6.157

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 11.627

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.240

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.170

When the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.857

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.366

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.783

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.293

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.172

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.154

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.125

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.392

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.050

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 0.325

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.309

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 6.225

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.147

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 41.905

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.025

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.080

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 6.098

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.966

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 42.093

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.915

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.999

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.082

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

And I start the computer 0.554

And the computer boots Tails 29.304

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.301

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 17.956

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 18.186

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.633

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.112

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.135

And all notifications have disappeared 3.756

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.925

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.562

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.139

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.436

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.857

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.327

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.070

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.866

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.317

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.454

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.218

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.132

And all notifications have disappeared 3.883

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.798

# 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 4.051

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.319

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.591

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.247

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.293

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.274

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.842

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.344

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.274

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.459

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.610

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 6.216

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.082

And the network is plugged 0.041

And Tor is ready 7.928

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.334

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 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823

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	5:51.796	Passed

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