Cucumber Reports (no 6379) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6379	15 May 2026, 11:35

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:24.170	Passed

20.371

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.687

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 13.620

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.520

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.553

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.382

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.312

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.206

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.130

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.811

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.228

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.426

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.076

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.213

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.283

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.140

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.000

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.012

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.948

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.252

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.511

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.294

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.609

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.075

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.212

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.801

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.422

And I warm reboot the computer 0.031

And the computer reboots Tails 54.591

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.365

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.878

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.061

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.754

And the computer boots Tails 35.641

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.413

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.257

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.857

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

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.240

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.816

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.003

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.531

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.185

And all notifications have disappeared 3.489

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.326

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.540

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.096

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.803

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.527

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.177

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.421

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.499

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.060

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.282

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.933

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.738

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.216

# 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 4.655

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.264

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.686

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.068

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.473

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.243

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.298

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.279

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.748

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.081

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.500

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.748

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.078

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.282

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.370

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 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.338

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	6:24.170	Passed

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