Cucumber Reports (no 5994) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5994	09 Dec 2025, 15:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:19.387	Passed

53.254

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 8.500

When the network is plugged 0.089

And I successfully configure Tor 44.615

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.553

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 8.820

When the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.600

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.505

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.506

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.345

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.811

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 8.339

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.213

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.641

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.325

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.622

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.538

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.038

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.362

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.960

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.822

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.278

And I warm reboot the computer 0.022

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.232

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.603

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.112

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.721

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 9.402

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.350

And I warm reboot the computer 0.039

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.550

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.377

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

42.571

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 0.146

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.023

And I start the computer 1.083

And the computer boots Tails 40.908

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.408

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.122

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.664

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.139

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 8.697

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.093

When the network is plugged 0.059

And I successfully configure Tor 20.240

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.457

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.037

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 8.703

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 4.964

And I capture all network traffic 0.096

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.451

And the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.547

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.926

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.201

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.700

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.323

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.484

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.198

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.469

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.689

# 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 0.360

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.101

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.767

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.523

And all notifications have disappeared 5.200

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.369

# 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 4.174

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.151

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.981

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.148

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.535

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.497

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.182

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.507

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.620

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.331

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.376

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.050

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.236

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 8.271

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.209

And the network is plugged 0.173

And Tor is ready 40.021

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.550

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 0.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.711

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.108

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	8:19.387	Passed

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