Cucumber Reports (no 4128) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4128	18 Dec 2025, 12:48

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:17.397	Passed

19.238

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.483

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.695

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.708

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.155

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 6.502

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.336

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.185

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.061

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.140

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.496

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.507

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.137

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.891

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.599

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.024

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.248

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.431

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.609

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.198

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 47.368

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.247

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.146

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.427

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.707

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 46.906

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.099

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.432

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.045

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.005

And I start the computer 0.675

And the computer boots Tails 31.635

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.651

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.444

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.484

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 46.815

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.663

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.916

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.447

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.133

And all notifications have disappeared 3.643

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.778

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.631

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.747

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.714

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.373

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.813

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.234

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.673

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.177

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.593

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.164

And all notifications have disappeared 3.637

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.646

# 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 4.012

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.576

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.081

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.394

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.227

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.991

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.233

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.301

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.957

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.523

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.085

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 7.929

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.397

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.405

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911

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	6:17.397	Passed

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