Cucumber Reports (no 5981) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5981	03 Dec 2025, 15:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:57.073	Passed

23.107

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.738

When the network is plugged 0.080

And I successfully configure Tor 13.238

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.435

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.847

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.604

When the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.005

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.592

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.521

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.303

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.009

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 8.737

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.193

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.113

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.057

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 15.085

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.161

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.616

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.299

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.339

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.646

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:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.627

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.340

And I warm reboot the computer 0.030

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.104

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.544

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.761

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.539

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.226

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.729

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.255

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.129

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

42.160

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.015

Steps

Given a computer 0.185

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 1.150

And the computer boots Tails 40.406

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.394

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.814

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.740

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.112

When the network is plugged 0.059

And I successfully configure Tor 50.836

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.455

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.851

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 8.680

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.186

And all notifications have disappeared 5.066

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.079

And the network is plugged 0.097

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.905

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.924

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.172

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.181

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.704

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.594

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.185

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.400

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.612

# 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 0.318

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.715

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.884

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.213

And all notifications have disappeared 4.772

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.791

# 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 5.318

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.277

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.790

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.347

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.406

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.341

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.345

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.562

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.392

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.374

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.470

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.159

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.797

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.102

And the network is plugged 0.053

And Tor is ready 11.440

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.760

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 0.620

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964

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	7:57.073	Passed

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