Cucumber Reports (no 4112) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4112	10 Dec 2025, 10:30

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:57.504	Passed

23.774

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 9.087

When the network is plugged 0.066

And I successfully configure Tor 14.543

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.487

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.223

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.577

When the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.409

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.943

And I wait until Tor is ready 32.185

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.443

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.715

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.066

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.214

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.069

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.455

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.897

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.402

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.551

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.333

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.793

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 9.147

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.283

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.747

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.600

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.106

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.630

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 8.430

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.196

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.412

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.580

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.061

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

41.957

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 0.202

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 1.241

And the computer boots Tails 40.064

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.421

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.068

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.467

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

When the network is plugged 0.097

And I successfully configure Tor 21.343

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.474

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.105

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 8.635

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.453

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.912

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.230

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.190

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.759

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.124

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.429

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.376

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.885

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.731

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.179

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.404

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.252

And all notifications have disappeared 4.895

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.843

# 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 4.355

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.232

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.823

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.472

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.395

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.404

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.159

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.763

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.611

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.447

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.057

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.615

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.112

And the network is plugged 0.052

And Tor is ready 11.792

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.477

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.457

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884

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	7:57.504	Passed

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