Cucumber Reports (no 5975) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5975	28 Nov 2025, 21:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:41.084	Passed

25.653

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.460

When the network is plugged 0.084

And I successfully configure Tor 13.978

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.130

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.577

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.346

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.956

When the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.061

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.542

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.647

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.317

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.709

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 8.451

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.238

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.389

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.490

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.252

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 0.776

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.311

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:39.990

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 10.235

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.310

And I warm reboot the computer 0.021

And the computer reboots Tails 1:29.292

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.130

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.159

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:40.444

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 0.038

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.061

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.374

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:29.908

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.086

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:5.140

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.156

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.043

And I start the computer 1.209

And the computer boots Tails 1:3.657

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.054

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.612

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.117

When the network is plugged 0.055

And I successfully configure Tor 20.207

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.376

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.768

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 9.521

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.224

And all notifications have disappeared 5.025

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.086

And the network is plugged 0.083

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.983

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 6.491

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.223

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.855

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.204

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.432

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.792

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.645

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.366

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.420

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.050

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.754

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.302

And all notifications have disappeared 4.933

And I capture all network traffic 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.626

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.837

# 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 4.428

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.194

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.046

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.222

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.417

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.381

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.801

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.645

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.089

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.496

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.354

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.556

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.931

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.137

And the network is plugged 0.068

And Tor is ready 10.901

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.513

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.417

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908

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	8:41.084	Passed

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