Cucumber Reports (no 6008) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6008	15 Dec 2025, 12:28

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:9.760	Passed

21.770

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 8.819

When the network is plugged 0.055

And I successfully configure Tor 12.826

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.945

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.933

When the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.713

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.149

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.034

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.474

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.260

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.307

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.194

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.609

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.281

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.870

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.857

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.335

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.804

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.855

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.231

And I warm reboot the computer 0.019

And the computer reboots Tails 47.939

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.758

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.103

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.835

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 8.163

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.689

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 44.746

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.225

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

45.035

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 0.166

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

And I start the computer 1.023

And the computer boots Tails 43.437

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.384

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.411

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.762

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

When the network is plugged 0.053

And I successfully configure Tor 19.394

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.414

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.823

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 7.873

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 5.906

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.094

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.334

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.942

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.191

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.444

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.289

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.453

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.188

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.217

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.571

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.358

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.579

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 8.561

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.181

And all notifications have disappeared 4.664

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.063

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.317

# 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 3.979

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.818

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.296

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.549

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.486

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.217

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.583

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.476

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.321

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.294

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.740

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.099

And the network is plugged 0.768

And Tor is ready 38.658

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.982

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 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.705

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916

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	7:9.760	Passed

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