Cucumber Reports (no 4091) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4091	28 Nov 2025, 01:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:24.246	Passed

23.526

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 8.511

When the network is plugged 0.099

And I successfully configure Tor 14.870

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.413

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.558

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.377

When the network is plugged 0.080

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.278

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.176

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.597

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.032

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 8.786

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.209

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.986

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.935

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.056

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.944

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.377

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:36.713

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 8.188

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:27.830

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.412

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.403

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:39.472

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 0.002

Steps

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

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.723

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:28.371

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.612

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.677

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.178

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.026

And I start the computer 1.151

And the computer boots Tails 1:0.222

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.099

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.808

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.321

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.099

When the network is plugged 0.061

And I successfully configure Tor 19.146

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.178

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.639

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.552

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 8.635

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 4.632

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.960

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.042

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.246

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.670

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.453

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.353

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.371

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.619

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.085

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.409

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.502

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 8.504

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.190

And all notifications have disappeared 4.732

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.056

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.744

# 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 4.472

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.265

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.647

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.232

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.413

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.400

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.552

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.670

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.403

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.477

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.401

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 8.671

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.107

And the network is plugged 0.051

And Tor is ready 10.013

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.551

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 0.484

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965

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	8:24.246	Passed

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