Cucumber Reports (no 4102) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4102	05 Dec 2025, 23:14

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:55.842	Passed

25.064

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.909

When the network is plugged 3.754

And I successfully configure Tor 12.332

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.414

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.675

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 8.759

When the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.556

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.376

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.863

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.365

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 8.349

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.237

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.259

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.818

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.255

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.761

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.627

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.327

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.971

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.630

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.302

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.090

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.934

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:15.923

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.295

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.631

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.220

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.759

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

42.394

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.150

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

And I start the computer 1.105

And the computer boots Tails 40.739

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.375

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.548

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 9.172

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 0.211

When the network is plugged 0.054

And I successfully configure Tor 20.035

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.379

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.623

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 8.506

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.204

And all notifications have disappeared 5.181

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.084

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.782

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.839

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.202

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.935

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.168

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.491

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.318

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.567

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.299

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.038

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.270

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.392

And all notifications have disappeared 5.144

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.069

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.822

# 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 4.149

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.171

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.913

# 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 0.601

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.350

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.649

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.644

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.364

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.364

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.953

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.237

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.177

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.097

And the network is plugged 0.048

And Tor is ready 39.178

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.718

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 0.015

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.880

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.340

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	7:55.842	Passed

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