Cucumber Reports (no 5964) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5964	22 Nov 2025, 12:44

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:27.731	Passed

26.406

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 0.038

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.291

When the network is plugged 0.054

And I successfully configure Tor 14.011

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.422

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.885

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 8.972

When the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.370

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.992

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.427

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.296

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.118

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.318

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.204

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.996

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.174

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.697

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.600

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.357

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:33.744

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.751

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.260

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:24.184

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.537

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:40.634

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.884

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.754

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:29.861

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.123

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.104

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.855

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.226

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.035

And I start the computer 1.083

And the computer boots Tails 1:1.451

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.932

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 8.907

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.121

When the network is plugged 0.114

And I successfully configure Tor 20.747

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.439

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.902

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 8.544

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

And all notifications have disappeared 5.077

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071

And the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.849

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.997

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.165

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.746

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.456

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.603

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.274

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.646

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.349

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.668

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.421

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.196

And all notifications have disappeared 4.678

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.050

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.825

# 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 4.224

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.172

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.788

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.091

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.505

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.410

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.243

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.486

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.361

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.335

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.582

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 8.814

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.221

And the network is plugged 0.066

And Tor is ready 9.974

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.498

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 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.507

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.055

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	8:27.731	Passed

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