Cucumber Reports (no 4115) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4115	11 Dec 2025, 13:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:16.039	Passed

23.359

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 8.760

When the network is plugged 0.065

And I successfully configure Tor 14.487

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.450

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.828

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.371

When the network is plugged 0.076

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.969

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.619

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.743

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.372

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.693

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 8.556

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.255

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.206

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.870

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.994

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.696

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.350

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.075

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.544

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 8.868

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.191

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.128

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.345

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:15.762

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.791

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.977

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.100

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.878

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

41.980

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.178

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

And I start the computer 1.127

And the computer boots Tails 40.244

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.407

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.802

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.910

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.098

When the network is plugged 0.056

And I successfully configure Tor 19.682

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.350

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.474

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.847

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.213

And all notifications have disappeared 4.442

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071

And the network is plugged 0.054

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.314

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.183

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.227

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.771

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.144

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.395

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.860

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.733

# 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 0.323

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.506

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.205

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.766

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.175

And all notifications have disappeared 4.448

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.070

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.983

# 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 4.794

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.183

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.867

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.388

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.360

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.368

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.468

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.603

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.511

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.397

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.388

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.497

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.130

And the network is plugged 0.049

And Tor is ready 39.156

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.544

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 0.009

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.639

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

	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	8:16.039	Passed

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