Cucumber Reports (no 5943) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5943	11 Nov 2025, 15:50

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:27.087	Passed

22.372

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 8.621

When the network is plugged 0.066

And I successfully configure Tor 13.630

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.587

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.625

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 8.483

When the network is plugged 0.121

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.949

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.371

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.638

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.757

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 8.467

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.215

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.888

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.946

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.149

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.968

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.385

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:35.501

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.827

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.242

And I warm reboot the computer 0.022

And the computer reboots Tails 1:26.316

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.092

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:35.724

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.265

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.465

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:24.327

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.654

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:6.823

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 2.924

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

And I start the computer 1.158

And the computer boots Tails 1:2.644

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.485

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 8.809

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.104

When the network is plugged 0.054

And I successfully configure Tor 20.459

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.374

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.432

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 8.635

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.280

And all notifications have disappeared 4.913

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.101

And the network is plugged 2.390

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.438

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 6.153

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.224

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.038

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.420

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.396

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.171

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.484

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.727

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.406

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.664

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.558

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.101

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.261

And all notifications have disappeared 4.725

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.088

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.784

# 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 4.409

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.773

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.122

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.463

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.323

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.178

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.182

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.509

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.399

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.444

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.844

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.808

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.374

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.115

And the network is plugged 0.845

And Tor is ready 9.950

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.517

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:527 0.460

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.290

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	8:27.087	Passed

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