Cucumber Reports (no 74) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections	74	26 May 2025, 22:48

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:48.909	Passed

25.997

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:518 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.148

When the network is plugged 0.226

And I successfully configure Tor 17.567

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.379

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.925

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:518 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.522

When the network is plugged 0.115

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.167

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 14.147

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.924

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.293

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.455

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:518 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.500

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.245

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.082

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.086

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.601

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.267

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.610

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:24.603

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:518 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.253

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.331

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 1:15.711

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.288

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.059

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:26.788

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:518 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.272

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.538

And I warm reboot the computer 0.029

And the computer reboots Tails 1:15.484

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.463

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.645

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.617

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:518 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.278

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.043

And I start the computer 0.995

And the computer boots Tails 58.150

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.150

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.122

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.676

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.211

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:518 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.637

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.193

When the network is plugged 0.063

And I successfully configure Tor 23.259

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.369

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.676

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:32.507

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:518 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.344

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.281

And all notifications have disappeared 4.261

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.110

And the network is plugged 0.090

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.313

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.519

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.065

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.026

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.243

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.969

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.842

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.449

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.685

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.398

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.364

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.663

And all notifications have disappeared 4.154

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.075

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.517

# 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 4.760

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.882

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.957

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.242

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.329

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.165

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.142

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.450

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.442

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.941

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.404

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:518 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.343

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.162

And the network is plugged 0.073

And Tor is ready 13.305

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.514

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.428

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.703

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	8:48.909	Passed

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