Cucumber Reports (no 4123) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4123	15 Dec 2025, 17:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:48.431	Passed

20.386

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.033

When the network is plugged 0.060

And I successfully configure Tor 12.244

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.425

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.708

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 8.435

When the network is plugged 0.078

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.850

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.584

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.695

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.329

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 8.139

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.216

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.051

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.833

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.246

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.128

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.650

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.312

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.107

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 7.803

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.211

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 47.447

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.634

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.131

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.782

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 15.050

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.754

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 40.741

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.221

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.055

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

41.087

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 0.217

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 1.048

And the computer boots Tails 39.335

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.460

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.105

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.997

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 7.827

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.100

When the network is plugged 4.469

And I successfully configure Tor 19.544

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.423

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.034

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:33.934

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 8.091

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.161

And all notifications have disappeared 4.555

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.094

And the network is plugged 0.056

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.383

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.610

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.237

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.014

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.745

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.354

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then I wait until Tor is ready 36.533

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.878

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.454

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:32.674

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 0.034

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.046

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.197

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 5.749

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 1.724

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.339

# 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 4.195

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.170

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.786

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.389

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.397

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.443

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.251

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.891

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.761

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 1.784

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.415

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.440

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.423

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 8.923

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.120

And the network is plugged 4.327

And Tor is ready 8.559

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.487

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 0.431

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 6.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

	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	7:48.431	Passed

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