Cucumber Reports (no 5993) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5993	09 Dec 2025, 08:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:15.509	Passed

23.605

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.577

When the network is plugged 0.066

And I successfully configure Tor 14.894

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.474

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.078

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.265

When the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.224

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.239

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.240

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.299

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 8.361

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.215

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.926

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.547

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.421

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.692

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.324

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.466

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 8.502

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.219

And I warm reboot the computer 0.021

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.615

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.109

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.859

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 8.993

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.871

And I warm reboot the computer 0.025

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.533

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.435

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

41.159

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.168

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.026

And I start the computer 1.158

And the computer boots Tails 39.375

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.429

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.213

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.677

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.130

When the network is plugged 0.066

And I successfully configure Tor 19.288

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.383

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.811

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.558

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 8.445

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.177

And all notifications have disappeared 4.851

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.091

And the network is plugged 0.199

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.182

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.262

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.194

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.921

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.340

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.390

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.181

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.528

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.735

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.421

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.145

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.050

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

And all notifications have disappeared 5.045

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.805

# 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 4.135

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.078

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.250

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.356

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.393

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.313

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.612

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.413

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.349

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.122

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 8.349

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.095

And the network is plugged 0.076

And Tor is ready 10.010

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.582

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.542

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679

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	7:15.509	Passed

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