Cucumber Reports (no 43) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections	43	28 Apr 2025, 18:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:51.460	Passed

25.097

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.039

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.042

When the network is plugged 0.199

And I successfully configure Tor 16.787

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.336

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.697

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.671

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.964

When the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.159

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.876

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.553

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.557

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.107

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.262

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.111

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.270

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.481

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.736

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.522

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.674

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:19.135

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.030

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.227

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.518

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.341

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:21.939

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.072

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.871

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:11.488

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.494

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.127

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.705

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.616

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.169

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.021

And I start the computer 1.021

And the computer boots Tails 56.194

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.210

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.119

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.633

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.926

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.037

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.167

When the network is plugged 0.085

And I successfully configure Tor 21.582

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.604

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.529

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:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.026

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.194

And all notifications have disappeared 3.976

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.112

And the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.686

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.136

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.170

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.637

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.770

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.200

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.866

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.481

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.677

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.752

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:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.073

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.289

And all notifications have disappeared 3.748

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.088

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.002

# 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 4.245

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.705

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.807

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.253

# "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" 1.165

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.870

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.481

# 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" 0.421

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.233

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.029

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.152

And the network is plugged 0.057

And Tor is ready 12.535

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.453

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:524 0.447

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.634

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 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	7:51.460	Passed

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