Cucumber Reports (no 6604) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6604	24 Aug 2026, 12:53

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:49.957	Passed

20.167

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.958

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 13.136

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.572

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.236

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.807

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.469

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.976

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.574

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 6.288

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.186

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.075

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.881

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.787

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.977

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.338

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.887

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.124

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.167

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 41.628

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.961

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.175

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.147

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.024

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 41.941

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.298

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 0.074

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.652

And the computer boots Tails 28.514

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.253

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.237

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.072

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 16.881

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.259

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 6.114

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.197

And all notifications have disappeared 3.678

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.044

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.762

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.681

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.132

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.522

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.412

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.317

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.092

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.917

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.318

# 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 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.288

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 6.146

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.133

And all notifications have disappeared 4.019

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.738

# 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 4.160

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.225

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.310

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.559

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.321

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.148

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.091

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.876

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.313

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.159

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.478

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 6.313

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.067

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 7.757

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.310

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.381

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	5:49.957	Passed

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