Cucumber Reports (no 4067) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4067	11 Nov 2025, 17:16

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:9.183	Passed

54.203

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.036

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.186

When the network is plugged 0.083

And I successfully configure Tor 43.866

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.441

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.105

When the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.088

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.963

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.167

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.407

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.753

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 9.076

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.226

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.132

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.393

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.209

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.587

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:33.028

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.529

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.407

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:23.894

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.185

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:40.842

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 9.249

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.600

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:29.180

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.798

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:6.277

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:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.167

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

And I start the computer 1.196

And the computer boots Tails 1:4.779

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.108

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.662

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.265

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.120

When the network is plugged 0.061

And I successfully configure Tor 20.127

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.472

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.263

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 9.094

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.279

And all notifications have disappeared 5.303

And I capture all network traffic 0.012

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.157

And the network is plugged 0.096

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.370

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.094

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.224

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.214

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.477

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.177

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.894

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.597

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.341

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.552

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 10.355

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.194

And all notifications have disappeared 5.103

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.896

# 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 4.413

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.115

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.250

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.591

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.602

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.480

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.683

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.389

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.377

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.159

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.648

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.142

And the network is plugged 3.082

And Tor is ready 10.556

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.725

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.831

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023

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	9:9.183	Passed

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