Cucumber Reports (no 5760) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5760	06 Jul 2025, 13:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:30.800	Passed

37.333

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.481

When the network is plugged 10.774

And I successfully configure Tor 18.024

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.415

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.543

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.330

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.938

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.483

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.603

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.703

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.090

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.051

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.297

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.121

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.833

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.491

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.640

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.606

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.423

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:24.621

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.269

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.262

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:15.337

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.739

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.817

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:34.052

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.598

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.448

And I warm reboot the computer 0.038

And the computer reboots Tails 1:23.342

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.623

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.610

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.434

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.242

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

And I start the computer 1.074

And the computer boots Tails 58.933

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.160

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.450

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.424

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.175

When the network is plugged 0.088

And I successfully configure Tor 20.661

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.100

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.326

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:5.925

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.286

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.358

And all notifications have disappeared 4.292

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.132

And the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.488

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.991

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.941

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.825

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.305

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then I wait until Tor is ready 10.005

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.868

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.359

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.454

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.379

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.316

And all notifications have disappeared 4.089

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.429

# 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 4.164

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.824

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.841

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.271

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.372

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.171

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.267

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.612

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.379

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.107

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.545

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.160

And the network is plugged 0.102

And Tor is ready 11.479

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.815

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:515 0.427

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.969

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	8:30.800	Passed

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