Cucumber Reports (no 4074) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4074	15 Nov 2025, 10:00

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	10:0.721	Passed

23.051

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 8.809

When the network is plugged 0.076

And I successfully configure Tor 14.105

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.395

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.384

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.036

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.192

When the network is plugged 0.069

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.347

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.485

And I wait until Tor is ready 38.889

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.417

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.064

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.395

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.264

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.389

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.121

And I wait until Tor is ready 33.874

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.123

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.833

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:45.372

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.673

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.249

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:35.466

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.971

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:47.934

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.729

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.216

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:37.852

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.125

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.564

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.765

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.180

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

And I start the computer 1.356

And the computer boots Tails 1:3.128

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.785

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 8.656

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.141

When the network is plugged 0.085

And I successfully configure Tor 19.832

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.460

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:8.196

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 9.114

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.195

And all notifications have disappeared 5.227

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.823

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.975

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 8.515

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.169

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.720

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.169

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.579

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.252

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.732

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.595

# 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 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.529

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 8.510

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.221

And all notifications have disappeared 5.528

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.067

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 4.320

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.018

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.219

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.490

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.534

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.185

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.232

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.647

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.077

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.409

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.451

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.986

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 8.511

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.111

And the network is plugged 0.060

And Tor is ready 10.726

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.572

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 0.449

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923

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	10:0.721	Passed

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