Cucumber Reports (no 6378) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6378	14 May 2026, 22:54

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:21.996	Passed

19.630

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.828

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 12.716

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.360

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.279

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.807

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.413

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.016

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.967

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.785

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.467

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.658

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.163

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.073

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.543

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.693

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.277

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.443

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.500

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.236

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 52.930

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.768

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.192

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.665

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.549

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 54.094

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.875

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.097

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.957

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.380

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.088

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.790

And the computer boots Tails 36.190

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.302

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.764

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.692

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.680

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

When the network is plugged 0.074

And I successfully configure Tor 19.808

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.298

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.783

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.343

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.909

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 3.662

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 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.312

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.586

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.360

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.910

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.386

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.399

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.091

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.311

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.056

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 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" 0.181

And all notifications have disappeared 3.508

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.225

# 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 3.985

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.749

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.869

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.426

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.262

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.164

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.258

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.328

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.058

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.655

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 8.289

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.449

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.997

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:21.996	Passed

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