Cucumber Reports (no 4137) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4137	25 Dec 2025, 11:29

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:44.942	Passed

19.383

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.619

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 12.707

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.616

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.597

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 6.577

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.702

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.004

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.232

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.032

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.991

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 6.529

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.147

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.888

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.969

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.953

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 0.435

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.075

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.178

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.479

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.177

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 43.540

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.974

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.956

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 6.401

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.571

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 48.038

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.938

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.060

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.220

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" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.724

And the computer boots Tails 31.392

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.639

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 6.642

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.068

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 46.877

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.719

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 6.512

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.180

And all notifications have disappeared 3.330

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.728

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.710

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.773

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.654

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.352

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.862

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.256

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.728

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:18.951

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.496

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.470

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.613

# 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 4.035

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.533

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.691

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.408

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.404

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 33.302

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.295

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.267

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.303

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 6.495

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.076

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 7.329

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.384

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 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680

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	6:44.942	Passed

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