Cucumber Reports (no 4101) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4101	05 Dec 2025, 07:01

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:34.187	Passed

35.079

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 15.408

When the network is plugged 5.438

And I successfully configure Tor 14.189

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.411

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.485

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 9.699

When the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.863

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.708

And I wait until Tor is ready 4.094

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.348

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.163

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.931

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.200

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.139

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.922

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.439

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.690

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.770

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.357

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.857

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:15.472

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.213

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.272

And I warm reboot the computer 0.054

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.667

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.264

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.733

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.767

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.973

And I warm reboot the computer 0.024

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.129

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.839

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

42.242

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009

Steps

Given a computer 0.177

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

And I start the computer 1.201

And the computer boots Tails 40.430

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.406

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.985

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 8.884

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.117

When the network is plugged 0.211

And I successfully configure Tor 19.665

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.106

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.608

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.968

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.915

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 8.733

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.808

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.073

And the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.262

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 6.039

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.216

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.359

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.084

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.465

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.533

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.829

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.412

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.360

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 8.571

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 4.861

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.070

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.881

# 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 4.457

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.305

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.955

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.276

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.496

# "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" 1.154

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.634

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.575

# 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" 0.475

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.749

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 8.731

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.113

And the network is plugged 0.403

And Tor is ready 9.905

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.587

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 0.624

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003

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	7:34.187	Passed

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