Cucumber Reports (no 5916) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5916	29 Oct 2025, 08:41

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:34.373	Passed

1:4.639

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:510 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.804

When the network is plugged 10.853

And I successfully configure Tor 44.920

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.568

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.345

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:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.517

When the network is plugged 0.093

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.821

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.108

And I wait until Tor is ready 32.757

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.472

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.830

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.696

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.241

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.112

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.949

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.113

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.133

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.528

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:32.046

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 8.463

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.238

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 1:23.191

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.135

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:36.829

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.551

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.282

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 1:26.228

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.757

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.587

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:510 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.164

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 1.223

And the computer boots Tails 1:2.108

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.112

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.672

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.499

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.384

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.255

When the network is plugged 0.083

And I successfully configure Tor 20.711

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.388

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.615

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.019

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.178

And all notifications have disappeared 4.670

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.051

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.947

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.401

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.096

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.102

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.359

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.552

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.744

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.367

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.948

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.447

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.185

And all notifications have disappeared 4.959

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.909

# 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 4.364

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.186

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.710

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.096

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.495

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.392

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.196

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.730

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.711

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.077

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.426

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.408

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.074

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.030

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:510 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.941

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.105

And the network is plugged 0.074

And Tor is ready 11.418

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.484

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:518 0.523

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796

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	9:34.373	Passed

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