Cucumber Reports (no 4062) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4062	09 Nov 2025, 12:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:1.328	Passed

23.966

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.223

When the network is plugged 0.063

And I successfully configure Tor 14.622

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.493

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.289

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.847

When the network is plugged 0.069

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.911

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.055

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.303

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.102

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.690

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.778

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.625

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.121

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.823

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.027

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.607

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.657

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.097

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:38.689

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:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.181

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.266

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:28.230

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.995

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.427

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:38.403

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:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.067

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.339

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 1:27.775

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.212

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.103

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.719

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 0.180

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.031

And I start the computer 1.119

And the computer boots Tails 1:0.320

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.427

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.262

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.819

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.094

When the network is plugged 0.051

And I successfully configure Tor 20.209

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.414

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:34.589

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.307

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162

And all notifications have disappeared 5.029

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.085

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.893

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.851

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.693

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.082

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.405

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.173

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.797

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.810

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.446

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.884

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.639

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.205

And all notifications have disappeared 5.090

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.786

# 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 4.245

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.874

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.121

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.472

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.413

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.184

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.547

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.651

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.369

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.376

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.833

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.825

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.118

And the network is plugged 0.065

And Tor is ready 10.299

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.517

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.465

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.062

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	9:1.328	Passed

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