Cucumber Reports (no 5955) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5955	15 Nov 2025, 08:35

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:27.976	Passed

23.232

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.070

When the network is plugged 0.063

And I successfully configure Tor 14.047

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.420

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.319

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.672

When the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.290

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.762

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.434

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.090

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.358

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.623

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 8.663

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.194

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.971

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.938

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.034

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.709

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.351

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:35.266

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 8.398

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.365

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.769

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.719

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.123

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:39.545

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 9.050

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.514

And I warm reboot the computer 0.030

And the computer reboots Tails 1:28.767

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.182

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.471

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 0.159

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 1.076

And the computer boots Tails 1:1.152

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.564

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.196

When the network is plugged 3.818

And I successfully configure Tor 49.486

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.480

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:31.752

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 8.852

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.233

And all notifications have disappeared 4.808

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 0.054

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.749

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.814

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.170

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.775

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.234

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.464

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.539

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.767

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.441

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.041

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 10.129

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.227

And all notifications have disappeared 5.100

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.091

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.817

# 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 3.977

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.193

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.733

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.350

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.468

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.383

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.342

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.647

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.378

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.480

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.159

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.432

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.106

And the network is plugged 0.055

And Tor is ready 9.994

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.564

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.406

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.078

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	9:27.976	Passed

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