Cucumber Reports (no 4118) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4118	12 Dec 2025, 17:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:47.237	Passed

25.510

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 9.252

When the network is plugged 0.067

And I successfully configure Tor 16.141

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.438

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.170

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.646

When the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.634

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.172

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.599

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.325

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.744

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 8.954

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.188

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.540

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.651

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.485

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.790

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.436

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.887

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.633

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.247

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.194

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.798

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:15.686

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 8.512

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.161

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.692

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.308

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.857

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 0.147

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

And I start the computer 1.052

And the computer boots Tails 38.300

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.333

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.498

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 9.150

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.124

When the network is plugged 0.050

And I successfully configure Tor 21.124

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.406

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.508

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.744

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

And all notifications have disappeared 5.704

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.130

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.505

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.129

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.195

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.230

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.543

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.499

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.606

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.687

# 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 0.409

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.539

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.740

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.311

And all notifications have disappeared 5.131

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.554

# 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 4.440

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.173

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.835

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.399

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.501

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.373

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.151

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.698

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.744

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.360

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.397

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.131

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.832

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.816

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.203

And the network is plugged 0.296

And Tor is ready 38.965

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.545

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 0.535

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.222

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	7:47.237	Passed

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