Cucumber Reports (no 5970) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5970	26 Nov 2025, 13:54

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:33.552	Passed

23.705

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 11.266

When the network is plugged 0.056

And I successfully configure Tor 12.339

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.407

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.322

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 8.070

When the network is plugged 0.096

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.532

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.336

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.237

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.722

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.011

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 8.686

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.226

And I capture all network traffic 0.012

And the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.305

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.692

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.295

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.680

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.328

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.275

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 8.243

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.191

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.423

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.406

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:15.848

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 7.946

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.915

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.891

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.082

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.125

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.191

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.030

And I start the computer 1.126

And the computer boots Tails 1:0.713

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.104

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.619

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.515

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.092

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.111

When the network is plugged 0.084

And I successfully configure Tor 18.160

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.361

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.274

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 8.106

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.326

And all notifications have disappeared 5.228

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 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.316

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.505

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.828

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.253

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.368

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.178

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.094

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.711

# 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 0.416

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.277

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.848

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.205

And all notifications have disappeared 4.818

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.269

# 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 3.842

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.792

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.296

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.350

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.357

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.582

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.390

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.336

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.196

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.039

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.100

And the network is plugged 0.094

And Tor is ready 9.464

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.493

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 0.508

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.158

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	7:33.552	Passed

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