Cucumber Reports (no 6026) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6026	29 Dec 2025, 11:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:43.568	Passed

22.871

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 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.180

When the network is plugged 0.063

And I successfully configure Tor 14.570

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.455

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.402

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.160

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 8.544

When the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.554

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.535

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.387

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.080

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.351

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.897

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.787

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.408

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.903

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.146

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.754

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.080

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.749

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.672

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.173

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 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.467

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.252

And I warm reboot the computer 0.019

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.038

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.395

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.498

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.346

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.550

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.809

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.096

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.878

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.947

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.201

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.022

And I start the computer 1.121

And the computer boots Tails 38.210

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.391

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.630

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.899

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.134

When the network is plugged 0.098

And I successfully configure Tor 20.441

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.473

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.217

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 8.417

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.201

And all notifications have disappeared 5.134

And I capture all network traffic 0.011

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.149

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.483

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.011

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.544

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.340

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.423

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.194

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.358

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.621

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.349

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.845

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 8.664

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.497

And all notifications have disappeared 4.793

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.878

# 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 4.000

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.877

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.298

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.438

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.491

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.482

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.572

# 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" 0.397

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.374

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.478

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 8.704

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.168

And the network is plugged 0.057

And Tor is ready 9.983

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.560

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 0.519

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896

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	7:43.568	Passed

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