Cucumber Reports (no 4080) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4080	20 Nov 2025, 14:43

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:28.551	Passed

23.147

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 9.009

When the network is plugged 0.073

And I successfully configure Tor 14.024

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.439

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.836

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.568

When the network is plugged 0.111

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.927

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.656

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.513

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.305

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.694

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.287

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 8.386

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.216

And I capture all network traffic 0.018

And the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.974

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.009

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.808

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 0.749

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.345

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:38.202

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.030

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.506

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.264

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:28.193

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.227

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:37.919

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 9.694

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.236

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:26.853

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.797

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 0.147

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.023

And I start the computer 1.084

And the computer boots Tails 1:2.459

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.082

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.562

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.753

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.142

When the network is plugged 0.092

And I successfully configure Tor 19.537

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.406

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.267

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.784

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.230

And all notifications have disappeared 5.229

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.119

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.842

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.980

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.172

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.833

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.327

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.510

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.339

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.559

# 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 0.348

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.106

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.663

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 4.732

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.076

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.802

# 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 4.822

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.225

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.774

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.358

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.532

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.413

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.250

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.645

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.504

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.362

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.424

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.930

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.084

And the network is plugged 0.048

And Tor is ready 10.345

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.996

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.017

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004

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	8:28.551	Passed

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