Cucumber Reports (no 4048) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4048	02 Nov 2025, 12:12

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:51.510	Passed

33.199

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.470

When the network is plugged 11.102

And I successfully configure Tor 13.574

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.521

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.434

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.356

When the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.986

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.845

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.133

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.324

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.682

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 8.276

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.198

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.290

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.072

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.002

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.081

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.698

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.331

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:33.758

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.360

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.267

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:24.058

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.017

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:31.842

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 8.555

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.290

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:21.450

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.534

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.349

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 0.154

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 1.068

And the computer boots Tails 1:1.025

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.130

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.944

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 8.494

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.111

When the network is plugged 0.079

And I successfully configure Tor 49.215

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.440

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.354

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.731

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.161

And all notifications have disappeared 4.784

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.050

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.272

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.114

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.173

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.774

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.878

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.377

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.191

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.173

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.553

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.325

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 8.774

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.217

And all notifications have disappeared 4.965

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.057

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 4.362

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.163

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.150

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.110

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.410

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.405

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.261

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.609

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.407

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.388

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.079

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.619

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.712

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.102

And the network is plugged 0.080

And Tor is ready 10.222

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.496

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 0.480

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926

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	8:51.510	Passed

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