Cucumber Reports (no 4144) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4144	31 Dec 2025, 13:27

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:10.974	Passed

23.431

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.535

When the network is plugged 0.064

And I successfully configure Tor 14.780

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.451

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.645

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.266

When the network is plugged 0.060

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.760

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.965

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.539

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.409

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.449

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.427

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.240

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.864

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.369

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.835

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.592

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.364

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.407

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:15.941

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 8.829

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.242

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.947

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.903

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.780

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 8.998

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.796

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 59.288

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.684

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.389

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 0.197

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

And I start the computer 1.090

And the computer boots Tails 38.717

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.360

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.127

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.486

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.879

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.094

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.119

When the network is plugged 0.059

And I successfully configure Tor 19.557

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.372

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.365

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.627

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.205

And all notifications have disappeared 5.130

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.469

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.985

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.189

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.564

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.233

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.407

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.639

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.560

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.873

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.597

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 5.375

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.121

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.855

# 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 4.101

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.173

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.829

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.084

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.502

# "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" 1.229

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.296

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.587

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.085

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.427

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.368

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.217

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 8.300

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.126

And the network is plugged 0.062

And Tor is ready 10.272

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.450

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 0.471

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.591

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	7:10.974	Passed

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