Cucumber Reports (no 4061) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4061	08 Nov 2025, 12:03

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:32.498	Passed

22.998

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:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.016

When the network is plugged 0.064

And I successfully configure Tor 13.854

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.481

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.259

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:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.883

When the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.971

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.968

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.326

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.377

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.783

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.719

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:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.513

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.243

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 2.344

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.382

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.410

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.946

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.818

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.394

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.335

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:41.091

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:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.484

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.277

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 1:27.778

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.535

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:36.840

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.679

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.175

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:26.340

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.630

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.974

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:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.146

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.022

And I start the computer 1.127

And the computer boots Tails 1:0.603

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.847

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:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.028

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.096

When the network is plugged 0.075

And I successfully configure Tor 20.573

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.397

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.051

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.050

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:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.647

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.617

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 1.729

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.386

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.903

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.181

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.155

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.261

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.402

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.650

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.609

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.594

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.837

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.844

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:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.554

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.243

And all notifications have disappeared 5.135

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.765

# 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 4.485

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.843

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.601

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.433

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.435

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.191

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.682

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.727

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.398

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.359

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.872

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:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.801

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.133

And the network is plugged 1.647

And Tor is ready 10.767

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.518

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:527 0.490

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.593

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	8:32.498	Passed

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