Cucumber Reports (no 5945) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5945	12 Nov 2025, 08:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:13.701	Passed

23.020

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 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.526

When the network is plugged 0.064

And I successfully configure Tor 14.379

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.429

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.313

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.953

When the network is plugged 0.099

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.978

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.163

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.051

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.389

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.957

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.326

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.212

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.131

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.304

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.199

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.031

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 0.688

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:33.130

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 8.641

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.216

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:23.334

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.923

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:34.595

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.402

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.197

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 1:24.014

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.971

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.098

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 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.188

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

And I start the computer 1.122

And the computer boots Tails 1:0.689

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.106

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.016

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 8.358

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.106

When the network is plugged 0.068

And I successfully configure Tor 19.433

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.405

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.772

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.458

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.922

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.775

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.849

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.181

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.473

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.049

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.461

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.215

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.335

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.645

# 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 0.467

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.436

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.407

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.843

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.254

And all notifications have disappeared 4.659

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.063

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.762

# 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 4.258

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.239

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.931

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.018

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.401

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.406

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.177

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.351

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.675

# 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" 0.297

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.388

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

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

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.086

And the network is plugged 0.057

And Tor is ready 10.167

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.552

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 0.527

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094

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	8:13.701	Passed

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