Cucumber Reports (no 5942) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5942	11 Nov 2025, 08:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:33.150	Passed

24.096

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.426

When the network is plugged 0.054

And I successfully configure Tor 14.555

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.512

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.811

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.954

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 8.515

When the network is plugged 0.070

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.314

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.133

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.840

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.080

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.360

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.861

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 9.540

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.307

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.967

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.533

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.582

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.814

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.421

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:37.618

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:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.990

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.249

And I warm reboot the computer 0.021

And the computer reboots Tails 1:27.659

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.696

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:38.845

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.166

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.683

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 1:26.978

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.997

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.145

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 0.191

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.026

And I start the computer 1.290

And the computer boots Tails 1:2.568

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.032

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.643

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.132

When the network is plugged 0.080

And I successfully configure Tor 21.119

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.564

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.468

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:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.948

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 4.474

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.078

And the network is plugged 0.046

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.865

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.258

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.212

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.150

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.395

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.381

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.623

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.626

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.419

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.752

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 4.558

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.831

# 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 4.104

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.902

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.216

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.368

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.380

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.568

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.679

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.382

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.374

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.122

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.746

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.356

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.057

And Tor is ready 9.753

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.480

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

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.490

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.254

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	8:33.150	Passed

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