Cucumber Reports (no 4041) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4041	29 Oct 2025, 14:03

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:24.704	Passed

32.676

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 8.515

When the network is plugged 10.926

And I successfully configure Tor 13.187

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.547

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.380

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.547

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.746

When the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.933

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.125

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.637

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.324

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.216

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.419

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.207

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.099

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.994

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.497

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.183

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.760

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.400

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:31.193

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.879

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.209

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:21.650

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.442

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:36.585

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 8.662

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.925

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.601

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.379

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.959

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.199

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.034

And I start the computer 1.050

And the computer boots Tails 1:1.614

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.105

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.150

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.869

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.096

When the network is plugged 0.070

And I successfully configure Tor 20.065

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.467

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.740

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.637

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.191

And all notifications have disappeared 4.943

And I capture all network traffic 0.010

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071

And the network is plugged 0.091

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.829

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.097

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.190

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.585

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.174

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.545

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.169

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.524

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.616

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.346

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.051

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.540

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.268

And all notifications have disappeared 5.050

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.073

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.792

# 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 4.120

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.938

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.170

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.480

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.510

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.682

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.596

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.083

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.408

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.405

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.584

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.441

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.143

And the network is plugged 0.111

And Tor is ready 9.389

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.494

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:518 0.410

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	8:24.704	Passed

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