Cucumber Reports (no 4099) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4099	03 Dec 2025, 18:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:39.711	Passed

21.854

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 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.085

When the network is plugged 0.072

And I successfully configure Tor 13.640

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.548

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.963

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 7.878

When the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.439

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.267

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.253

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.304

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.709

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.071

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.202

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.092

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.372

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.786

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.349

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.122

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.707

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.415

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.746

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.469

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.313

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.195

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 47.716

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.225

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.697

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.621

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.089

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 49.822

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.150

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

43.240

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.161

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

And I start the computer 1.161

And the computer boots Tails 41.469

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.420

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.655

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 7.950

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

When the network is plugged 0.056

And I successfully configure Tor 18.482

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.440

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.017

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.268

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.218

And all notifications have disappeared 4.703

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.080

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.240

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.877

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.447

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.427

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.357

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.200

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.258

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.636

# 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 0.347

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.621

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.564

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.565

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 4.509

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.094

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.341

# 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 4.540

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.191

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.114

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.408

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.385

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.407

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.372

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.679

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.565

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.539

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 8.948

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.109

And the network is plugged 0.075

And Tor is ready 8.843

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.555

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.003

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.470

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

	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	6:39.711	Passed

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