Cucumber Reports (no 6020) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6020	23 Dec 2025, 11:02

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:43.223	Passed

18.617

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.480

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 12.062

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.939

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.382

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.818

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.560

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.120

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.650

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.658

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.447

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.216

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.909

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.724

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.038

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.252

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.028

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.592

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.245

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.381

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.804

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.547

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.276

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.543

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.751

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 43.325

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.648

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.561

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.048

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.735

And the computer boots Tails 31.728

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.093

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.491

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 17.454

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.785

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.480

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.143

And all notifications have disappeared 3.561

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.011

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.676

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.832

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.502

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.764

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.376

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.966

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.156

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.017

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.416

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.486

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 3.512

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.625

# 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 3.954

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.463

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.011

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.331

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.224

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.097

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.914

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.192

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.244

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.132

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.619

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.845

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.417

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.106

And the network is plugged 0.012

And Tor is ready 6.975

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.331

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716

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	5:43.223	Passed

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