Cucumber Reports (no 4076) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4076	16 Nov 2025, 12:44

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:21.980	Passed

21.772

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 8.407

When the network is plugged 0.056

And I successfully configure Tor 13.196

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.111

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.518

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.351

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.042

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.897

When the network is plugged 0.087

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.903

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.714

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.385

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.324

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.562

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 8.418

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.279

And I capture all network traffic 0.011

And the network is plugged 0.079

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.985

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.853

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.137

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 0.746

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.427

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.034

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:34.865

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.442

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.269

And I warm reboot the computer 0.047

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.318

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.787

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:34.704

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.579

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.124

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:24.863

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.126

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.261

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 0.177

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

And I start the computer 1.058

And the computer boots Tails 1:0.924

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.173

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 8.622

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.096

When the network is plugged 0.053

And I successfully configure Tor 20.348

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.431

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.702

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 8.550

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.266

And all notifications have disappeared 4.983

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.079

And the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.850

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.967

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.897

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.293

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.425

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.171

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.376

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.522

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.319

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 10.957

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 1.824

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.241

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.731

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.575

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.056

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.243

# 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 4.250

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.911

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.238

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.395

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 3.463

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.390

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.704

# 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" 0.602

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.654

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.323

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.100

And the network is plugged 0.050

And Tor is ready 10.568

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.605

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 0.675

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.139

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	8:21.980	Passed

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