Cucumber Reports (no 5767) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5767	15 Jul 2025, 13:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:54.361	Passed

35.540

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.537

When the network is plugged 10.670

And I successfully configure Tor 16.153

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.178

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.535

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:507 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.559

When the network is plugged 0.087

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.410

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.928

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.499

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.304

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.657

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.601

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.181

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.358

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.097

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.173

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 19.183

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.892

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

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:515 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.669

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:21.060

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:507 0.003

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.418

And I warm reboot the computer 0.027

And the computer reboots Tails 1:11.264

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.708

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.649

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:24.192

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.624

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.579

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 1:12.965

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.124

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.661

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.636

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.224

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 1.211

And the computer boots Tails 59.980

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.191

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.131

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.885

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.774

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.467

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.172

When the network is plugged 0.104

And I successfully configure Tor 22.979

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.414

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.376

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.053

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.433

And all notifications have disappeared 4.502

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.142

And the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.464

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.031

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.225

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.021

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.280

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.195

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.110

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.532

# 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:515 0.445

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.721

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.376

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.577

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.231

And all notifications have disappeared 4.435

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.239

# 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 5.066

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.888

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.017

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.446

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.461

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

Then I wait until Tor is ready 8.288

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.718

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.448

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.376

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.266

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.618

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.213

And the network is plugged 0.094

And Tor is ready 11.759

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.576

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:515 0.416

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.920

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	8:54.361	Passed

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