Cucumber Reports (no 6003) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6003	11 Dec 2025, 17:18

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:22.463	Passed

24.774

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.573

When the network is plugged 0.050

And I successfully configure Tor 16.103

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.439

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.122

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:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.665

When the network is plugged 0.174

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.041

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.827

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.312

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.101

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.122

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.769

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.858

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.250

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.289

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.525

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.842

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.881

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.351

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.081

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.558

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.642

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.283

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.062

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.553

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.977

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.658

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.308

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.387

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.610

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.112

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

42.280

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:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.183

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 1.094

And the computer boots Tails 40.602

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.372

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.812

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.170

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.351

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.104

When the network is plugged 0.060

And I successfully configure Tor 19.603

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.363

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.492

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:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.474

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.225

And all notifications have disappeared 4.765

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.093

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.978

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.888

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.192

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.601

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.406

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.488

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.372

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.660

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.309

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.073

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.478

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 9.583

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.249

And all notifications have disappeared 4.823

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.780

# 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 4.143

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.820

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.817

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.526

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.463

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.348

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.437

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.781

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.417

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.362

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.598

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.839

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.100

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.097

And the network is plugged 0.058

And Tor is ready 9.873

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.702

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 0.477

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.235

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	7:22.463	Passed

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