Cucumber Reports (no 6009) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6009	15 Dec 2025, 17:27

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:17.576	Passed

22.628

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.499

When the network is plugged 0.071

And I successfully configure Tor 13.997

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.475

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.783

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.047

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 8.880

When the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.570

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.947

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.541

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.343

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.567

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 11.553

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.237

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.396

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.473

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.918

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.856

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.350

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.520

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.240

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.820

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.261

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.906

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.234

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.637

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 8.531

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.147

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.792

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.154

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.905

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 0.173

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.029

And I start the computer 1.139

And the computer boots Tails 39.215

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.347

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.366

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 8.792

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.160

When the network is plugged 0.079

And I successfully configure Tor 19.266

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.461

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.324

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.988

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 8.585

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.208

And all notifications have disappeared 4.503

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.094

And the network is plugged 0.076

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.753

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.116

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.220

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.546

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.139

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.312

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.163

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.617

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.598

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.348

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.992

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 8.406

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.244

And all notifications have disappeared 4.656

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.452

# 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 4.376

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.278

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.752

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.111

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.395

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.446

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.516

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.661

# 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" 0.402

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.397

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.202

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 8.497

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.172

And the network is plugged 0.066

And Tor is ready 9.901

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.559

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 0.549

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.146

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	7:17.576	Passed

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