Cucumber Reports (no 5991) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5991	08 Dec 2025, 19:43

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:37.174	Passed

21.846

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 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.234

When the network is plugged 0.067

And I successfully configure Tor 13.476

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.453

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.278

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 8.266

When the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.360

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.275

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.272

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.321

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.094

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 8.747

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.187

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.658

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.178

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.375

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.833

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.437

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.368

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.325

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.282

And I warm reboot the computer 0.031

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.260

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.468

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.106

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.598

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 8.472

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.121

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.940

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.334

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 0.185

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.039

And I start the computer 1.232

And the computer boots Tails 38.440

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.436

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.782

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 8.594

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.127

When the network is plugged 0.062

And I successfully configure Tor 19.952

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.375

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.744

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.629

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 8.405

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.172

And all notifications have disappeared 4.844

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.087

And the network is plugged 0.073

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.190

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.148

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.172

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.749

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.128

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.515

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.401

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.525

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.363

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.059

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.353

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.222

And all notifications have disappeared 5.110

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.056

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.765

# 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 4.101

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.169

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.696

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.094

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.469

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.394

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.369

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.659

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.394

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.389

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.181

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 8.699

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.112

And the network is plugged 0.051

And Tor is ready 40.774

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.538

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 0.641

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903

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	7:37.174	Passed

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