Cucumber Reports (no 4093) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4093	29 Nov 2025, 15:15

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:30.628	Passed

23.966

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.399

When the network is plugged 0.079

And I successfully configure Tor 14.424

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.457

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.934

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 9.517

When the network is plugged 0.073

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.946

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.161

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.174

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.131

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 8.832

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.310

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.950

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.560

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.719

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:37.929

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 11.657

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.193

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.567

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.495

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:36.736

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.520

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.213

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 1:26.092

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.899

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.131

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.999

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.157

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.022

And I start the computer 1.044

And the computer boots Tails 1:0.707

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.471

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 8.756

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.159

When the network is plugged 2.617

And I successfully configure Tor 18.864

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.463

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.389

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 8.697

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.219

And all notifications have disappeared 5.814

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.089

And the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.923

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 6.462

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.974

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.329

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.497

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.301

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.597

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.349

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.338

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.033

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.056

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.212

And all notifications have disappeared 5.084

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.090

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.882

# 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 4.405

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.176

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.165

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.179

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.702

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.476

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.238

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.280

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.609

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.395

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.036

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.913

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.103

And the network is plugged 0.068

And Tor is ready 10.386

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.558

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 0.007

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.902

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909

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	8:30.628	Passed

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