Cucumber Reports (no 5983) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5983	04 Dec 2025, 19:40

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:25.343	Passed

21.410

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 7.864

When the network is plugged 0.064

And I successfully configure Tor 13.436

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.476

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.129

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.213

When the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.365

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.119

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.313

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.305

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.817

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 8.435

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.296

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.094

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.414

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.083

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.746

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 0.689

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.372

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.114

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.003

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.177

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 44.008

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.913

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.122

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.572

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.269

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 7.880

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.379

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 45.207

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.788

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.549

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.155

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

And I start the computer 1.038

And the computer boots Tails 38.965

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.365

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.103

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.670

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.999

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 8.484

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

When the network is plugged 0.064

And I successfully configure Tor 19.289

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.466

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.314

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 0.003

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" 0.166

And all notifications have disappeared 4.710

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.095

And the network is plugged 0.081

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.254

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.031

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.194

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.491

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.239

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.355

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.196

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.495

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.660

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.340

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.355

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 7.981

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

And all notifications have disappeared 5.687

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.083

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.427

# 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 4.569

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.250

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.063

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.322

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.523

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.427

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.172

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.436

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.624

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.107

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.475

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.077

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.381

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.808

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092

And the network is plugged 0.062

And Tor is ready 8.847

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.564

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.527

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992

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	6:25.343	Passed

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