Cucumber Reports (no 4079) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4079	19 Nov 2025, 13:12

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:36.932	Passed

22.712

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.761

When the network is plugged 0.082

And I successfully configure Tor 13.802

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.449

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.809

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.225

When the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.995

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.500

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.973

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.894

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 8.712

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.228

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.135

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.921

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.893

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.040

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.902

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.315

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.370

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:34.790

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.005

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.274

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.307

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.189

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:36.604

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.620

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.989

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.126

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.856

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.294

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.170

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

And I start the computer 1.091

And the computer boots Tails 1:2.945

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.183

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.942

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.125

When the network is plugged 0.064

And I successfully configure Tor 21.001

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.378

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:11.628

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.317

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.218

And all notifications have disappeared 6.064

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.097

And the network is plugged 6.820

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.837

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.879

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.124

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.522

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.508

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.272

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.571

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.309

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 6.760

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 1.769

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.956

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 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.342

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

And all notifications have disappeared 5.451

And I capture all network traffic 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.108

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.767

# 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 4.265

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.166

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.955

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.166

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.533

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 1.134

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.195

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.473

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.688

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.372

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.361

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.056

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 8.655

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.156

And the network is plugged 0.057

And Tor is ready 9.695

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.487

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 0.476

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817

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	8:36.932	Passed

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