Cucumber Reports (no 5914) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5914	28 Oct 2025, 09:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:47.824	Passed

33.807

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:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.650

When the network is plugged 10.926

And I successfully configure Tor 14.177

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.548

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.394

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:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.749

When the network is plugged 0.157

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.303

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.339

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.785

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.104

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.147

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:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.230

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.190

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.060

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.079

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.745

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.977

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.106

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.755

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.364

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:38.097

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:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.727

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.256

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 1:28.695

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.401

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:39.703

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:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.717

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.990

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:28.898

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.082

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.382

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.009

Steps

Given a computer 0.196

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 1.247

And the computer boots Tails 1:1.843

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.279

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:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.631

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.102

When the network is plugged 0.056

And I successfully configure Tor 20.445

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.392

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.765

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.609

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:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.170

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 4.607

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.103

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.779

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.887

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.805

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.774

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.544

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.226

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.660

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.563

# 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:518 0.338

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.103

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:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.984

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.216

And all notifications have disappeared 5.059

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.075

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.760

# 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 4.525

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.185

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.808

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.357

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.425

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.312

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.187

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.617

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.942

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.105

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.533

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.436

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.299

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.619

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.100

And the network is plugged 0.073

And Tor is ready 11.026

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.475

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:518 0.445

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.256

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	8:47.824	Passed

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