Cucumber Reports (no 4064) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4064	10 Nov 2025, 17:15

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:19.307	Passed

22.601

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.676

When the network is plugged 0.071

And I successfully configure Tor 13.785

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.582

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.630

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:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.506

When the network is plugged 0.054

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.273

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.493

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.238

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.380

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.504

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 8.390

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.175

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.036

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.537

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.473

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.775

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.377

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:34.791

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 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.998

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.215

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.427

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.134

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:35.996

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 8.693

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.312

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.850

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.130

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.151

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 0.161

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 1.054

And the computer boots Tails 1:0.818

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.091

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.897

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.829

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.124

When the network is plugged 0.061

And I successfully configure Tor 19.833

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.441

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.132

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.049

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:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.620

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.178

And all notifications have disappeared 4.853

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.093

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.936

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.181

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.203

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.857

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.176

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.584

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.166

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.429

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.643

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.384

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.759

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 8.452

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.901

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.925

# 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 4.307

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.187

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.794

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.266

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.454

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.563

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.152

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.376

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.666

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.377

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.108

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.926

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 8.582

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.122

And the network is plugged 0.080

And Tor is ready 10.643

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.493

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 0.523

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.857

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	8:19.307	Passed

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