Cucumber Reports (no 4085) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4085	24 Nov 2025, 12:20

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:4.078	Passed

21.614

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 8.620

When the network is plugged 0.107

And I successfully configure Tor 12.846

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.454

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 8.004

When the network is plugged 0.069

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.245

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.477

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.593

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.346

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.902

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.070

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.170

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.085

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.372

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.474

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.115

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.552

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.330

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.260

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.956

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.182

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.058

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.453

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:21.405

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 0.003

Steps

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

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.976

And I warm reboot the computer 0.020

And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.504

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.462

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.062

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 0.218

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.033

And I start the computer 1.225

And the computer boots Tails 1:1.522

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.304

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 8.505

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.107

When the network is plugged 0.090

And I successfully configure Tor 48.549

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.449

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.615

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.451

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 8.550

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.178

And all notifications have disappeared 4.539

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.084

And the network is plugged 0.063

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.227

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.818

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.216

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.957

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.372

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.388

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.198

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.644

# 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 0.356

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.632

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.077

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.289

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.606

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171

And all notifications have disappeared 4.426

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.093

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.305

# 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 4.155

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.285

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.905

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.296

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.325

# "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" 1.175

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.237

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.585

# 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" 0.294

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.079

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.333

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 8.694

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.096

And the network is plugged 0.086

And Tor is ready 8.898

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.553

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 0.448

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064

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	8:4.078	Passed

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