Cucumber Reports (no 5996) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5996	10 Dec 2025, 07:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:43.452	Passed

22.606

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.951

When the network is plugged 0.074

And I successfully configure Tor 14.516

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.409

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.845

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 8.832

When the network is plugged 0.465

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.870

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.864

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.753

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.028

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.849

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.196

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.089

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.913

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.410

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.783

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.713

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.599

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.443

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.271

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.226

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 47.941

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.993

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.996

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.946

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.049

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 47.447

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.540

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

42.751

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 0.159

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

And I start the computer 1.138

And the computer boots Tails 41.009

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.421

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.935

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 7.845

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.173

When the network is plugged 1.331

And I successfully configure Tor 20.515

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.642

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.577

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.274

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.335

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071

And the network is plugged 0.053

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.263

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.170

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.188

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.101

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.863

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.369

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.742

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.726

# 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 0.338

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.107

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.858

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 8.495

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 4.439

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.729

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.585

# 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 4.231

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.221

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.996

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.641

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.502

# "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" 1.159

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.709

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.888

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.084

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.552

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.394

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.410

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 8.354

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.118

And the network is plugged 0.064

And Tor is ready 9.076

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.006

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.786

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 0.559

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927

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	6:43.452	Passed

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