Cucumber Reports (no 4121) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4121	14 Dec 2025, 12:33

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:2.302	Passed

23.447

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 9.081

When the network is plugged 0.064

And I successfully configure Tor 14.260

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.459

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.339

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 8.664

When the network is plugged 0.077

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.353

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.239

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.954

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.728

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.314

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.967

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.248

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.423

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.166

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.206

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 1.181

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.387

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.206

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.809

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.278

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.291

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.813

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.386

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.482

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.260

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.219

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.349

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.643

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.055

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

43.169

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.335

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

And I start the computer 1.106

And the computer boots Tails 40.986

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.715

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.136

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 9.125

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.160

When the network is plugged 0.057

And I successfully configure Tor 49.707

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.085

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.592

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.602

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 9.006

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.179

And all notifications have disappeared 4.745

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.101

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.512

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

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.190

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.802

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.075

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.403

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.159

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.542

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.590

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.328

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.991

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.359

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.416

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.207

And all notifications have disappeared 5.389

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.465

# 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 4.326

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.870

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.756

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.372

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.569

When I click "Connect to Tor" 2.173

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.435

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.730

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.355

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.344

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.244

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.559

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.567

And the network is plugged 7.843

And Tor is ready 7.695

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.569

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 0.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.533

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002

	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	8:2.302	Passed

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