Cucumber Reports (no 5946) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5946	12 Nov 2025, 12:48

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:55.156	Passed

22.711

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 8.397

When the network is plugged 0.329

And I successfully configure Tor 13.877

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.106

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.417

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.926

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.556

When the network is plugged 0.258

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.920

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.268

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.859

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.356

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.584

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.441

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.091

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.209

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 1.178

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.998

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.463

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.398

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 1.034

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.390

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:35.217

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 8.893

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.322

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:24.969

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.016

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:38.564

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.812

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.769

And I warm reboot the computer 0.032

And the computer reboots Tails 1:27.733

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.216

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.880

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.153

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.037

And I start the computer 1.295

And the computer boots Tails 1:1.309

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.084

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.669

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 8.584

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.105

When the network is plugged 0.083

And I successfully configure Tor 19.844

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.363

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.032

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 8.896

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

And all notifications have disappeared 5.043

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.073

And the network is plugged 0.052

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.912

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.963

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.903

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.119

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.488

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.141

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.351

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.625

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.217

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 8.684

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.192

And all notifications have disappeared 4.665

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.084

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.916

# 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 4.278

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.288

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.075

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.510

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.557

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.404

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.177

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.299

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.606

# 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" 0.419

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.330

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.075

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.494

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.982

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.154

And the network is plugged 0.058

And Tor is ready 9.549

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.724

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 0.024

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.694

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002

	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	8:55.156	Passed

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