Cucumber Reports (no 4116) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4116	11 Dec 2025, 23:30

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:23.227	Passed

28.708

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 13.029

When the network is plugged 0.087

And I successfully configure Tor 15.519

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.397

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.614

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.791

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 12.817

When the network is plugged 0.076

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.550

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.675

And I wait until Tor is ready 32.617

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.339

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.996

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 8.676

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.194

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.083

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.402

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.510

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.451

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.136

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.537

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.803

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.313

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.593

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.584

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.298

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.103

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.771

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 8.557

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.235

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 59.366

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.601

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.142

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

41.184

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 0.153

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

And I start the computer 1.590

And the computer boots Tails 39.059

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.355

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.520

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.608

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 8.609

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.101

When the network is plugged 0.063

And I successfully configure Tor 49.777

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.517

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.421

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.756

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.199

And all notifications have disappeared 4.588

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.076

And the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.217

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.741

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.628

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.087

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.412

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.706

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.564

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.298

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.306

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 8.611

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.193

And all notifications have disappeared 4.679

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.816

# 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 4.158

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.644

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.254

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.347

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.406

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.709

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.613

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.384

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.355

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.636

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 8.597

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.095

And the network is plugged 0.055

And Tor is ready 10.310

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.551

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.009

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.017

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.514

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698

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	8:23.227	Passed

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