Cucumber Reports (no 4142) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4142	30 Dec 2025, 12:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:46.342	Passed

29.883

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.039

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 15.217

When the network is plugged 0.066

And I successfully configure Tor 14.553

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.481

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.475

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 8.669

When the network is plugged 0.142

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.420

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.757

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.437

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.305

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.293

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.280

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.438

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.191

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.416

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.180

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.114

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.816

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.375

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.739

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.932

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 8.548

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.272

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.560

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.538

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.847

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.373

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.482

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.588

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.392

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.103

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.827

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.585

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.023

And I start the computer 1.182

And the computer boots Tails 38.668

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.366

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.526

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.414

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.725

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.120

When the network is plugged 0.064

And I successfully configure Tor 19.439

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.538

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.499

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:32.208

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.796

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.236

And all notifications have disappeared 4.813

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.101

And the network is plugged 0.069

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.226

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.342

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.033

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.338

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.487

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.171

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.485

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.821

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.438

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.181

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.641

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 5.375

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.214

# 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 4.270

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.182

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.976

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.410

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.644

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.545

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.196

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.362

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.596

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.455

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.362

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.291

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.549

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.123

And the network is plugged 0.068

And Tor is ready 9.945

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.599

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 0.491

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054

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	7:46.342	Passed

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