Cucumber Reports (no 4111) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4111	10 Dec 2025, 03:29

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:50.839	Passed

21.379

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 8.608

When the network is plugged 0.064

And I successfully configure Tor 12.647

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.437

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.303

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.674

When the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.345

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.418

And I wait until Tor is ready 32.737

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.358

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.374

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.696

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.192

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.078

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.374

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.858

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.652

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 1.435

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.326

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.559

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.911

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.208

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 41.228

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.200

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.175

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 8.083

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.087

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 44.849

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.140

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.071

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.189

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.044

And I start the computer 1.045

And the computer boots Tails 38.399

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.391

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.968

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 7.836

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.139

When the network is plugged 0.084

And I successfully configure Tor 17.843

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.354

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.427

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.242

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 4.641

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070

And the network is plugged 0.053

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.839

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.017

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.363

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.129

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.158

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.337

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.153

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.145

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.820

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.253

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.499

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.494

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.953

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 4.493

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.669

# 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 4.353

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.191

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" 15.277

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.318

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.384

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.153

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.362

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.699

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.381

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.371

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.085

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 8.364

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.151

And the network is plugged 0.072

And Tor is ready 8.944

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.547

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.443

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829

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	6:50.839	Passed

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