Cucumber Reports (no 5927) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5927	03 Nov 2025, 13:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:42.883	Passed

34.434

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.939

When the network is plugged 11.622

And I successfully configure Tor 13.814

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.496

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.577

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.796

When the network is plugged 0.084

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.448

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.225

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.969

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.365

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.038

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.808

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.245

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.075

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.929

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.920

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.318

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.678

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.425

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:37.357

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 8.930

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.306

And I warm reboot the computer 0.022

And the computer reboots Tails 1:27.902

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.196

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:35.768

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.677

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.098

And I warm reboot the computer 0.033

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.146

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.813

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.103

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.595

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.517

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.236

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.033

And I start the computer 1.167

And the computer boots Tails 1:3.019

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.737

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.863

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.108

When the network is plugged 0.069

And I successfully configure Tor 19.635

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.452

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.437

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 8.755

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.626

And all notifications have disappeared 5.407

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.084

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.802

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.926

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.159

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.300

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.390

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.435

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.188

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.435

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.785

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.435

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.321

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.133

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 9.922

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.249

And all notifications have disappeared 4.885

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.727

# 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 4.181

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.763

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.976

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.510

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.547

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.390

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.661

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.625

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.399

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.390

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.880

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 9.310

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.148

And the network is plugged 0.061

And Tor is ready 9.611

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.719

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 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.047

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.148

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	8:42.883	Passed

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