Cucumber Reports (no 4037) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4037	27 Oct 2025, 21:32

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:31.377	Passed

35.339

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.651

When the network is plugged 10.906

And I successfully configure Tor 15.716

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.437

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.019

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.860

When the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.917

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.881

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.235

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.299

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.266

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.114

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.199

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.082

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.871

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.501

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.699

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.744

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.360

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:32.931

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.639

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.224

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:23.035

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.021

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:35.686

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.456

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.214

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.764

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.241

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.347

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.690

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.197

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.036

And I start the computer 1.173

And the computer boots Tails 1:2.192

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.091

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.539

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.652

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.100

When the network is plugged 0.068

And I successfully configure Tor 19.651

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.416

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.236

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.050

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.265

And all notifications have disappeared 4.998

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.066

And the network is plugged 0.076

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.722

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.186

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.736

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.204

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.361

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.482

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.615

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.085

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.453

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.482

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.005

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.207

And all notifications have disappeared 4.574

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.070

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.887

# 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 4.271

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.755

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.353

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.478

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.356

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.220

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.524

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.390

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.439

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.186

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.615

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.111

And the network is plugged 0.067

And Tor is ready 9.792

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.591

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 0.007

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.586

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 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	8:31.377	Passed

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