Cucumber Reports (no 4132) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4132	20 Dec 2025, 12:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:13.988	Passed

25.871

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.701

When the network is plugged 0.057

And I successfully configure Tor 17.056

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.963

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 8.328

When the network is plugged 0.071

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.502

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.132

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.878

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.119

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 8.258

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.265

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.060

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.436

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.169

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.230

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.647

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.620

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.284

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.274

And I warm reboot the computer 0.023

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.829

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.208

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.048

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.405

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.662

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 59.040

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.921

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.103

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.078

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.151

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.035

And I start the computer 1.108

And the computer boots Tails 38.372

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.409

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.693

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.835

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 8.388

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.138

When the network is plugged 0.075

And I successfully configure Tor 19.177

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.361

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.429

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 8.583

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.211

And all notifications have disappeared 4.666

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.077

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.351

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.815

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.173

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.539

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.318

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.357

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.202

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.417

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.575

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.339

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.086

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.515

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 8.853

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.369

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.193

# 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 4.281

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.217

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.806

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.049

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.369

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.469

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.337

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.651

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.480

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.328

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.505

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 14.302

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.103

And the network is plugged 0.058

And Tor is ready 10.564

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.472

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.560

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045

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	7:13.988	Passed

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