Cucumber Reports (no 4098) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4098	03 Dec 2025, 16:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:55.983	Passed

25.340

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.137

When the network is plugged 0.825

And I successfully configure Tor 14.318

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.450

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:36.933

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 45.482

When the network is plugged 0.070

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.384

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 19.515

And I wait until Tor is ready 29.439

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.720

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 8.283

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.198

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.081

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.049

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 19.173

And I wait until Tor is ready 5.355

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.530

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 2.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.355

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:20.972

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.363

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.286

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 1:11.198

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.108

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.127

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:17.723

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 8.669

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.066

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.718

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.259

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

42.487

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.167

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.028

And I start the computer 1.067

And the computer boots Tails 40.889

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.334

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.763

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.451

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 8.933

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.132

When the network is plugged 0.052

And I successfully configure Tor 21.281

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.456

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.392

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:5.987

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 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.708

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.175

And all notifications have disappeared 8.161

And I capture all network traffic 0.014

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.116

And the network is plugged 0.086

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.853

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.362

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.478

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.294

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.477

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.188

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.261

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.581

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.326

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.442

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.076

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.663

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.690

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.185

And all notifications have disappeared 4.774

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.088

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.773

# 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 4.138

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.047

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.344

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.444

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.516

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.364

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.485

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.362

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.079

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.703

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 8.809

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.168

And the network is plugged 0.058

And Tor is ready 10.183

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.478

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 0.453

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661

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	8:55.983	Passed

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