Cucumber Reports (no 5928) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5928	03 Nov 2025, 15:52

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:2.887	Passed

1:3.553

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.798

When the network is plugged 11.070

And I successfully configure Tor 43.637

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.500

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.089

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 8.339

When the network is plugged 0.050

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.939

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.460

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.251

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.318

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.000

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.078

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.196

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.025

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.794

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.115

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.653

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:32.157

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.710

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.241

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:22.323

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.871

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.099

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:34.131

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 8.538

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.598

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:23.582

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.398

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.310

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.151

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

And I start the computer 1.109

And the computer boots Tails 1:0.949

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.124

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.129

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.028

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:510 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 17.322

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.111

When the network is plugged 0.066

And I successfully configure Tor 20.480

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.400

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.177

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.363

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.245

And all notifications have disappeared 4.766

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.098

And the network is plugged 0.077

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.201

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.229

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.400

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.999

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.419

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.170

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.318

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.611

# 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 0.315

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.391

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.085

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 0.013

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.786

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.179

And all notifications have disappeared 4.676

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.056

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.834

# 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 4.560

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.934

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.404

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.499

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.357

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.169

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.266

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.649

# 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" 0.472

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.330

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.411

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.352

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.874

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.097

And the network is plugged 0.056

And Tor is ready 9.807

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.511

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 0.581

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.119

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	9:2.887	Passed

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