Cucumber Reports (no 4120) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4120	13 Dec 2025, 12:29

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:56.604	Passed

23.530

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.312

When the network is plugged 0.059

And I successfully configure Tor 14.084

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.408

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.045

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.651

When the network is plugged 0.063

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.431

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.210

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.617

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.361

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.326

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.478

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.683

And I capture all network traffic 0.041

And the network is plugged 0.367

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.736

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.551

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.696

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.712

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.615

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.429

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.966

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.812

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.425

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.470

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:17.785

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 9.488

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.301

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.823

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.162

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

43.513

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 0.179

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

And I start the computer 1.139

And the computer boots Tails 41.122

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 1.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.142

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.794

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.908

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.106

When the network is plugged 0.054

And I successfully configure Tor 19.646

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.379

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.933

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.067

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 8.930

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.313

And all notifications have disappeared 5.048

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.098

And the network is plugged 0.095

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.213

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.247

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.215

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.490

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.533

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.435

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.201

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.511

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.672

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.038

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 8.984

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.200

And all notifications have disappeared 4.824

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.054

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.354

# 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 4.239

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.173

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.361

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.366

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.415

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.446

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.393

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.597

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.404

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.354

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.534

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 9.207

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.121

And the network is plugged 0.048

And Tor is ready 39.553

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.596

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.003

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.609

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.708

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	7:56.604	Passed

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