Cucumber Reports (no 4050) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4050	03 Nov 2025, 13:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:37.919	Passed

35.889

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 9.760

When the network is plugged 11.678

And I successfully configure Tor 14.392

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.557

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.378

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.065

When the network is plugged 0.077

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.102

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.215

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.867

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.383

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.904

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.862

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.185

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.377

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.765

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.004

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.591

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:36.466

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.054

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.303

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 1:26.361

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.728

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:37.801

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 8.589

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.216

And I warm reboot the computer 0.031

And the computer reboots Tails 1:27.641

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.323

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.157

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 0.200

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.033

And I start the computer 1.092

And the computer boots Tails 1:1.771

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.123

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.247

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.929

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.109

When the network is plugged 0.070

And I successfully configure Tor 49.097

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.462

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.801

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 8.928

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.223

And all notifications have disappeared 5.279

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.091

And the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.777

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.842

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.051

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.493

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.381

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.563

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.638

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.031

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.462

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 9.359

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.212

And all notifications have disappeared 4.656

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.076

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.900

# 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 5.197

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.256

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.834

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.201

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.624

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.404

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.313

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.783

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.418

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.349

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.421

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.809

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.246

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.120

And the network is plugged 0.081

And Tor is ready 38.812

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.540

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 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.610

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889

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	9:37.919	Passed

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