Cucumber Reports (no 4042) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4042	29 Oct 2025, 22:07

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:14.214	Passed

33.139

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 8.354

When the network is plugged 10.945

And I successfully configure Tor 13.779

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.592

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.434

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.880

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 9.085

When the network is plugged 0.075

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.006

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.816

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.855

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.169

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.832

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.253

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.080

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.999

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.902

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.351

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.684

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.423

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:38.161

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.150

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.243

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:28.062

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.692

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.407

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:39.415

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.961

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:28.011

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.129

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.493

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.213

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.030

And I start the computer 1.187

And the computer boots Tails 1:1.990

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.719

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.697

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.089

When the network is plugged 0.065

And I successfully configure Tor 20.825

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.551

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.586

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.133

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.480

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.193

And all notifications have disappeared 4.549

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070

And the network is plugged 0.083

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.849

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.545

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.660

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.057

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.453

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.950

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.825

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.107

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.459

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.872

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.994

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.997

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.066

# 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 4.611

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.256

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.989

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.328

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.531

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.427

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.288

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.554

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.352

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.458

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.229

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.857

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.089

And the network is plugged 0.061

And Tor is ready 40.683

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.531

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 0.570

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.665

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	9:14.214	Passed

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