Cucumber Reports (no 4133) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4133	21 Dec 2025, 12:31

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:18.565	Passed

18.263

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 6.464

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 11.726

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.192

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.515

When the network is plugged 0.012

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.770

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.795

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.059

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.614

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 6.428

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.165

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.983

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.489

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.251

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.236

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.653

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 6.504

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.179

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.734

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.229

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.992

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 6.414

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.577

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 48.081

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.911

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.625

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.353

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 0.044

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

And I start the computer 0.732

And the computer boots Tails 31.526

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.157

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 6.559

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.089

When the network is plugged 0.012

And I successfully configure Tor 17.453

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.469

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 6.464

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.126

And all notifications have disappeared 3.657

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 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.632

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.893

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.571

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.236

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.403

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.989

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.157

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.537

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:20.879

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 6.461

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 3.399

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.856

# 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 4.627

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.547

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.007

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.341

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.257

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.346

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.312

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.265

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.989

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.435

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 7.026

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.426

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 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.198

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	6:18.565	Passed

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