Cucumber Reports (no 5934) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5934	06 Nov 2025, 08:29

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	10:16.797	Passed

1:52.762

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1:27.742

When the network is plugged 11.021

And I successfully configure Tor 13.951

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.452

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

41.725

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.481

When the network is plugged 11.590

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 0.150

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 18.857

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.556

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.089

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.529

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.070

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.731

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.247

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.075

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.130

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.044

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.939

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.839

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.415

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:36.823

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 8.582

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.250

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:27.576

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.399

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.712

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:44.132

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 10.494

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.622

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:31.886

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.118

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.272

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 0.197

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 1.190

And the computer boots Tails 1:2.796

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.203

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 8.533

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.091

When the network is plugged 0.055

And I successfully configure Tor 20.460

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.362

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.901

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 8.716

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 4.734

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.072

And the network is plugged 0.063

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.944

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.933

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.597

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.139

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.456

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.579

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.336

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.778

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 8.513

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.293

And all notifications have disappeared 4.917

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.898

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.796

# 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 4.092

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.780

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.141

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.360

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.345

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.271

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.226

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.557

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.373

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.399

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.126

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.605

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.166

And the network is plugged 0.055

And Tor is ready 9.655

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.636

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.539

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723

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	10:16.797	Passed

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