Cucumber Reports (no 4065) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4065	11 Nov 2025, 10:44

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:25.333	Passed

22.440

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 8.749

When the network is plugged 0.109

And I successfully configure Tor 13.526

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.409

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.103

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.723

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.650

When the network is plugged 0.129

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.020

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.897

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.875

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.149

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.136

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.008

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.202

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.070

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.271

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.314

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.414

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.780

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.397

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.694

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:35.595

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 9.318

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.253

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.795

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.209

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.148

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:37.932

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.805

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.103

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:26.809

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.202

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.334

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:6.405

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 0.166

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.026

And I start the computer 1.326

And the computer boots Tails 1:4.807

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.865

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.088

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.100

When the network is plugged 0.053

And I successfully configure Tor 49.543

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.614

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.326

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.486

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.256

And all notifications have disappeared 5.319

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.166

And the network is plugged 0.120

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.961

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.312

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.186

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.263

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.249

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.503

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.687

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.578

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.319

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.007

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.919

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.346

And all notifications have disappeared 4.902

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.884

# 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 4.082

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.152

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.997

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.146

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.444

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.446

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.457

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.599

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.370

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.347

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.899

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.368

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.102

And the network is plugged 0.076

And Tor is ready 9.808

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.539

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 0.478

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907

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	9:25.333	Passed

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