Cucumber Reports (no 5761) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5761	07 Jul 2025, 14:40

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	12:15.104	Passed

46.750

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.900

When the network is plugged 11.156

And I successfully configure Tor 25.618

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.619

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.980

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.830

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 23.665

When the network is plugged 1.295

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 6.932

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 20.152

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.726

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.299

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

44.672

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 14.254

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.920

And I capture all network traffic 0.012

And the network is plugged 0.717

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.634

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 17.608

And I wait until Tor is ready 5.749

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.116

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.658

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.667

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

2:3.098

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 15.623

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.609

And I warm reboot the computer 0.042

And the computer reboots Tails 1:45.394

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.427

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 2.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

2:0.738

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.488

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.225

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:47.631

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.381

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:22.627

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.007

Steps

Given a computer 0.220

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.078

And I start the computer 1.046

And the computer boots Tails 1:21.093

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.188

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.121

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.686

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.379

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 13.383

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.441

When the network is plugged 0.468

And I successfully configure Tor 24.009

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.376

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:21.109

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 14.055

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.352

And all notifications have disappeared 4.475

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.126

And the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.336

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 8.515

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.321

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 19.545

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.459

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 1.436

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.335

Then I wait until Tor is ready 9.150

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.763

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.166

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.641

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:53.758

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 24.137

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 1.431

And all notifications have disappeared 7.996

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.082

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.588

# 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 4.799

And I click "Connect to Tor" 2.076

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 13.815

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.970

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.448

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.357

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.156

Then I wait until Tor is ready 36.390

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 1.037

# 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" 0.411

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.423

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.704

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.137

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.660

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.351

And the network is plugged 0.100

And Tor is ready 14.310

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.688

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.009

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.015

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 5.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.151

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	12:15.104	Passed

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