Cucumber Reports (no 5941) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5941	10 Nov 2025, 16:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:49.950	Passed

23.380

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:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.554

When the network is plugged 0.058

And I successfully configure Tor 14.702

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.502

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.841

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.439

When the network is plugged 0.082

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.801

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.192

And I wait until Tor is ready 32.250

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.394

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.677

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 8.423

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.181

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.909

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.702

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.635

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.713

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.357

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:36.089

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.651

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.327

And I warm reboot the computer 0.019

And the computer reboots Tails 1:26.245

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.844

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.123

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:35.802

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.631

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.187

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:24.938

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.374

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:519 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.180

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

And I start the computer 1.157

And the computer boots Tails 1:0.934

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.841

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:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.587

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.064

And I successfully configure Tor 21.057

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.365

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.647

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.738

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.202

And all notifications have disappeared 4.609

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.087

And the network is plugged 0.052

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.754

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.090

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.172

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.578

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.287

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.412

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.198

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.735

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.675

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.358

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.381

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.612

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 4.695

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.711

# 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 4.511

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.193

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.682

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.059

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.540

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.432

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.572

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.485

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.430

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.339

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.372

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.915

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.452

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.127

And the network is plugged 0.055

And Tor is ready 9.698

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.569

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 0.010

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.482

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902

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	8:49.950	Passed

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