Cucumber Reports (no 5939) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5939	09 Nov 2025, 12:06

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:38.795	Passed

34.057

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 17.931

When the network is plugged 0.070

And I successfully configure Tor 16.003

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.387

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.293

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:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.749

When the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.317

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.714

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.390

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.365

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.318

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:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.273

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.199

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.201

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.238

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.541

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.351

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.659

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:36.961

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:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.969

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.265

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 1:27.246

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.460

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:37.758

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:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.518

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.238

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 1:27.535

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.455

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.911

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:519 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.159

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 1.229

And the computer boots Tails 1:1.407

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.089

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.414

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:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.964

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.130

When the network is plugged 0.052

And I successfully configure Tor 19.203

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.447

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.124

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.484

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:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.564

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.195

And all notifications have disappeared 5.222

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.830

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.038

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.195

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.867

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.957

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.393

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.233

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.224

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.562

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.319

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.912

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:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.401

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.231

And all notifications have disappeared 5.337

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.821

# 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 4.040

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.173

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.901

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.072

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.438

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.378

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.170

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.593

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.773

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.461

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.325

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.593

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.682

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:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.556

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.123

And the network is plugged 1.075

And Tor is ready 9.089

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.832

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.460

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.014

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	8:38.795	Passed

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