Cucumber Reports (no 4058) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4058	06 Nov 2025, 14:01

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:2.256	Passed

34.823

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.081

When the network is plugged 10.964

And I successfully configure Tor 14.724

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.438

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.747

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 8.361

When the network is plugged 0.116

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.430

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.278

And I wait until Tor is ready 4.503

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.325

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.190

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.988

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.204

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.063

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.914

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.117

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.921

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.905

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.351

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:36.443

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.668

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.309

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:26.467

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.984

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:34.922

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 8.683

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.231

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:24.887

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.108

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.253

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 0.147

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 1.105

And the computer boots Tails 1:0.897

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.123

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.767

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 8.616

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

When the network is plugged 0.052

And I successfully configure Tor 19.916

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.486

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.620

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 8.823

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.215

And all notifications have disappeared 4.931

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 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.740

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.860

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.858

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.104

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.495

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.390

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.680

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.449

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.095

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.807

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.232

And all notifications have disappeared 4.618

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.119

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.816

# 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 3.968

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.972

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.084

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.460

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.390

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.372

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.529

# 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" 0.340

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.341

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.390

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 8.835

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.138

And the network is plugged 0.062

And Tor is ready 38.857

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.492

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 0.532

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925

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	9:2.256	Passed

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