Cucumber Reports (no 4097) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4097	02 Dec 2025, 12:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:8.418	Passed

22.232

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.249

When the network is plugged 0.069

And I successfully configure Tor 13.851

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.588

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.323

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.982

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 8.320

When the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.438

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.862

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.154

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.141

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.448

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.182

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.258

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.186

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.344

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.245

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.249

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 0.772

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.422

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.006

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 8.337

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.350

And I warm reboot the computer 0.025

And the computer reboots Tails 47.300

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.992

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.117

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 8.010

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.113

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 47.123

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.858

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.121

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.979

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.183

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.045

And I start the computer 1.090

And the computer boots Tails 39.265

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.393

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.540

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.251

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.133

When the network is plugged 0.049

And I successfully configure Tor 20.027

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.393

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.853

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 0.002

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.226

And all notifications have disappeared 4.718

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.085

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.242

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.880

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.331

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 17.007

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.257

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.391

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.166

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.932

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.730

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.296

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.444

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.107

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.176

And all notifications have disappeared 4.418

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.352

# 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 4.417

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.915

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.064

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.351

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.378

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.696

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.637

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.417

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.366

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.079

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.177

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.105

And the network is plugged 0.064

And Tor is ready 9.952

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.757

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 0.019

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.580

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.143

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	7:8.418	Passed

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