Cucumber Reports (no 5973) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5973	27 Nov 2025, 15:47

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:35.939	Passed

24.835

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.786

When the network is plugged 0.053

And I successfully configure Tor 15.945

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.462

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.369

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.511

When the network is plugged 0.060

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.800

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.229

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.715

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.309

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.036

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.832

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.198

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.096

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.659

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.446

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.686

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.404

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.074

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:38.624

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 8.814

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.303

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:29.282

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.209

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.131

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:37.905

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 12.439

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.467

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:23.867

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.118

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.865

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 0.172

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

And I start the computer 1.176

And the computer boots Tails 1:3.404

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.215

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 9.308

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.167

When the network is plugged 0.078

And I successfully configure Tor 19.610

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.670

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.241

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 9.038

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.269

And all notifications have disappeared 4.875

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.113

And the network is plugged 0.203

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.793

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.177

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.089

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.343

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.509

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.159

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.788

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.599

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.102

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.379

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.583

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.260

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.239

And all notifications have disappeared 6.068

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.868

# 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 4.379

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.983

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.388

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.524

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.391

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.208

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.735

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.852

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.403

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.339

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.262

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 8.422

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.133

And the network is plugged 0.071

And Tor is ready 10.102

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.524

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 0.559

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

	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	8:35.939	Passed

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