Cucumber Reports (no 5961) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5961	20 Nov 2025, 09:19

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:53.079	Passed

30.623

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.462

When the network is plugged 11.687

And I successfully configure Tor 10.430

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.429

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.307

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 9.143

When the network is plugged 6.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 0.121

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 14.644

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.308

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.991

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 0.074

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.039

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.750

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.076

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.707

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.993

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.455

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.764

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.488

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.473

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.075

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:36.730

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 25.755

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.226

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:9.939

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.796

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:21.051

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 8.197

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.867

And I warm reboot the computer 0.023

And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.149

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.813

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.363

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:7.141

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.450

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

And I start the computer 2.386

And the computer boots Tails 1:4.217

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.070

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 8.408

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.097

When the network is plugged 0.053

And I successfully configure Tor 19.449

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.260

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 9.652

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.242

And all notifications have disappeared 4.970

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.054

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.289

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.721

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.181

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.359

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.232

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.444

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.191

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.245

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.554

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.779

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.819

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 8.218

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 4.645

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.063

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.208

# 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 3.819

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.965

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.265

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.365

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.468

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.166

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.270

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.593

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.369

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.316

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.082

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.206

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.105

And the network is plugged 0.106

And Tor is ready 38.754

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.903

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 0.730

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026

	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	8:53.079	Passed

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