Cucumber Reports (no 4045) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4045	31 Oct 2025, 10:04

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:31.093	Passed

34.522

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 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.416

When the network is plugged 11.567

And I successfully configure Tor 14.490

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.477

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.768

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 8.505

When the network is plugged 0.070

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.961

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.569

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.610

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.318

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.599

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 8.782

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.209

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.075

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.865

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.507

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.455

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.644

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.466

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:33.252

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.333

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.238

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:24.579

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.088

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.122

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:36.591

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 8.566

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.038

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.059

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.914

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.104

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.513

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.205

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.032

And I start the computer 1.086

And the computer boots Tails 1:0.115

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.288

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.459

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.107

When the network is plugged 0.097

And I successfully configure Tor 19.538

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.085

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.410

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.200

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 8.714

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.180

And all notifications have disappeared 4.731

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.110

And the network is plugged 0.069

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.806

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.304

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.169

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" 14.950

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.452

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.226

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.221

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.685

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.362

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.092

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.504

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.195

And all notifications have disappeared 4.867

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.086

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.856

# 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 4.172

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.163

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.901

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.108

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.466

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.409

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.013

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.675

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.434

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.392

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.264

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.053

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.169

And the network is plugged 1.242

And Tor is ready 9.289

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.504

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.469

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.120

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	8:31.093	Passed

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