Cucumber Reports (no 4051) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4051	03 Nov 2025, 21:12

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:33.401	Passed

34.449

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 8.885

When the network is plugged 11.084

And I successfully configure Tor 14.431

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.412

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.033

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 8.695

When the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.287

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.446

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.488

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.293

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.355

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 8.552

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.176

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.073

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.183

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.226

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.377

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 0.714

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 0.636

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:35.928

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 8.691

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.261

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:26.273

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.691

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.107

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:34.820

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.670

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.135

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:24.549

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.454

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.277

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.181

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

And I start the computer 1.091

And the computer boots Tails 1:1.922

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.363

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.950

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.102

When the network is plugged 0.057

And I successfully configure Tor 20.199

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.388

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.950

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 8.279

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.220

And all notifications have disappeared 4.823

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.880

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.987

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.707

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.864

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.438

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.477

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.231

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.554

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.134

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.088

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.922

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 8.419

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.200

And all notifications have disappeared 5.081

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.091

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.839

# 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 4.221

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.173

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.918

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.088

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.376

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.394

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.159

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.845

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.608

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.108

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.390

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.371

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.300

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 9.611

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 2.460

And the network is plugged 0.389

And Tor is ready 9.334

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.497

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.478

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.096

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	8:33.401	Passed

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