Cucumber Reports (no 4110) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4110	09 Dec 2025, 17:40

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:11.097	Passed

51.009

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 8.538

When the network is plugged 0.054

And I successfully configure Tor 42.373

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.468

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.090

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 8.548

When the network is plugged 0.069

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.250

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.879

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.285

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.382

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.837

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.841

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.197

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.071

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.738

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.072

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.207

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.656

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.406

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.082

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.150

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 48.037

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.117

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.893

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 15.436

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.462

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 46.791

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.191

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

41.671

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.155

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

And I start the computer 1.043

And the computer boots Tails 40.021

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.425

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.127

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.843

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.160

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.114

When the network is plugged 0.058

And I successfully configure Tor 18.459

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.355

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.756

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.255

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 8.298

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.210

And all notifications have disappeared 4.543

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.559

And the network is plugged 0.232

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.247

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.002

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.901

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.253

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.650

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.172

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.398

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.557

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.377

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.754

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.940

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 7.818

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.186

And all notifications have disappeared 4.838

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.085

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.428

# 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 4.011

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.963

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.936

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.387

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.385

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.546

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" 0.389

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.411

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.149

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 7.885

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.100

And the network is plugged 0.056

And Tor is ready 8.364

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.735

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

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.420

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875

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	7:11.097	Passed

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