Cucumber Reports (no 5960) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5960	19 Nov 2025, 12:35

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:45.785	Passed

21.731

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.496

When the network is plugged 0.063

And I successfully configure Tor 13.108

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.417

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.323

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 8.340

When the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.790

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.873

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.201

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.039

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.078

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.260

And I capture all network traffic 0.015

And the network is plugged 0.091

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.341

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.755

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.211

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 2.230

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.459

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:19.215

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 8.276

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.153

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.078

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.102

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:20.681

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 8.167

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.527

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.668

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.308

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.161

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.180

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 1.002

And the computer boots Tails 1:2.896

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.663

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.464

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 8.089

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.129

When the network is plugged 0.087

And I successfully configure Tor 20.105

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.392

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.633

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.957

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 8.201

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.185

And all notifications have disappeared 4.434

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.112

And the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.211

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.939

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.403

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.658

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.374

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.186

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.292

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.670

# 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 0.332

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.357

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.159

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.195

And all notifications have disappeared 4.566

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.156

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.260

# 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 5.113

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.850

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.426

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.374

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.384

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.152

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.090

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.984

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.383

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.378

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.853

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 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.298

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.097

And the network is plugged 0.079

And Tor is ready 8.783

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.581

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 0.009

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.508

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118

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	7:45.785	Passed

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