Cucumber Reports (no 6603) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6603	23 Aug 2026, 11:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:39.681	Passed

17.881

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.208

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 11.582

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.551

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.241

When the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.867

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.524

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.847

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.799

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 6.161

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.150

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.047

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.310

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.912

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.803

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.345

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.342

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.353

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.179

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 43.957

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.843

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.895

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.312

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.591

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.899

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.544

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.263

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.087

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.033

And I start the computer 0.682

And the computer boots Tails 29.417

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.598

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.228

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.077

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 17.200

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.585

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.219

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.153

And all notifications have disappeared 3.297

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.663

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.905

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.386

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.953

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.328

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.850

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 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.936

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 6.379

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148

And all notifications have disappeared 3.125

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.671

# 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 4.126

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.361

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.881

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.309

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.238

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.828

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.352

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.146

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.826

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 6.275

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.065

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 7.060

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.384

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.383

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955

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	5:39.681	Passed

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