Cucumber Reports (no 6011) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6011	17 Dec 2025, 15:05

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:36.178	Passed

28.614

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 8.226

When the network is plugged 3.513

And I successfully configure Tor 16.819

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.436

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.702

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.127

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 10.878

When the network is plugged 9.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 0.146

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.515

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.498

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.941

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.052

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 8.834

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.201

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 12.822

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 0.146

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.339

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.128

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.524

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.514

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 14.436

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.190

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 47.442

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.435

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.870

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:25.993

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 31.354

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.648

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 52.420

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.553

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.767

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.817

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 17.988

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 1.822

And I start the computer 2.158

And the computer boots Tails 40.482

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.364

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.105

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.533

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 7.892

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

When the network is plugged 0.072

And I successfully configure Tor 19.383

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.373

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.900

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 8.690

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162

And all notifications have disappeared 5.256

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 3.398

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.668

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.963

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.208

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.723

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.749

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.358

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.369

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.541

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.675

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.340

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.749

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.621

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 8.387

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.363

And all notifications have disappeared 5.680

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 4.283

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 0.168

# 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 4.042

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.152

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.944

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.367

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.401

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.355

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.240

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.558

# 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" 0.406

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.346

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.002

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.186

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.393

And the network is plugged 2.000

And Tor is ready 38.824

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.593

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 0.506

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793

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	8:36.178	Passed

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