Cucumber Reports (no 5926) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5926	03 Nov 2025, 08:33

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:31.031	Passed

33.134

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 8.780

When the network is plugged 10.901

And I successfully configure Tor 13.405

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.462

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.419

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 8.688

When the network is plugged 0.076

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.969

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.543

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.079

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.389

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.256

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.705

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.204

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.069

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.359

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.616

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.420

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.826

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.418

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:35.460

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:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.698

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.249

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 1:26.087

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.406

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:37.827

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.061

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.769

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:26.304

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.679

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.176

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.204

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.029

And I start the computer 1.053

And the computer boots Tails 1:1.801

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.086

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.698

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.854

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.117

When the network is plugged 0.072

And I successfully configure Tor 49.604

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.561

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.350

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.742

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:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.916

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.217

And all notifications have disappeared 4.568

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.066

And the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.990

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.202

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.169

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.614

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.184

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.473

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.189

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.508

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.478

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.086

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.390

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.628

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 8.608

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.257

And all notifications have disappeared 4.903

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.069

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.768

# 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 4.476

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.643

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.079

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.522

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.439

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.300

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.687

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.083

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.460

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.375

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.686

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.602

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.115

And the network is plugged 0.062

And Tor is ready 10.368

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.533

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 0.428

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013

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	9:31.031	Passed

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