Cucumber Reports (no 4075) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4075	15 Nov 2025, 13:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:58.514	Passed

21.274

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 7.997

When the network is plugged 0.056

And I successfully configure Tor 13.176

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.375

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.728

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.401

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.920

When the network is plugged 0.053

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.365

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.187

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.826

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.366

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.641

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.252

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.222

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.336

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.720

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.416

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.580

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.384

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:17.223

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.132

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.190

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.851

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:18.792

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.074

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.719

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.978

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.010

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.103

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.694

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 0.016

Steps

Given a computer 0.248

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 1.113

And the computer boots Tails 1:1.247

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.921

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.146

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.127

When the network is plugged 0.053

And I successfully configure Tor 18.502

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.092

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.410

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.983

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 8.265

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.226

And all notifications have disappeared 4.599

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.208

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.834

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.184

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.854

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.405

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.351

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.065

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.626

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.296

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.629

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.550

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.197

And all notifications have disappeared 4.551

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.051

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.223

# 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 4.020

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.889

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.917

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.381

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.367

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.180

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.031

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.625

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.417

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.316

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.952

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 7.968

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.147

And the network is plugged 0.059

And Tor is ready 8.354

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.419

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 0.411

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960

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	7:58.514	Passed

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