Cucumber Reports (no 97) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections	97	19 Jun 2025, 20:31

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:26.276	Passed

43.537

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:512 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.047

When the network is plugged 11.672

And I successfully configure Tor 19.692

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.126

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.497

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.752

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.192

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.349

When the network is plugged 0.073

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.354

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 16.228

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.099

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.085

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.436

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.970

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.328

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:512 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.949

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.455

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.106

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.550

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.125

And I wait until Tor is ready 4.227

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.838

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.316

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.702

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:40.067

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.447

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.641

And I warm reboot the computer 0.196

And the computer reboots Tails 1:30.463

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.318

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.122

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.720

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:31.143

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.732

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.400

And I warm reboot the computer 0.019

And the computer reboots Tails 1:19.581

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.410

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.005

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:7.931

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:512 0.022

Steps

Given a computer 0.389

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.087

And I start the computer 1.702

And the computer boots Tails 1:5.669

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.082

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.131

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.919

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:512 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.482

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.212

When the network is plugged 0.186

And I successfully configure Tor 23.954

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.082

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.525

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:9.598

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.194

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.975

And all notifications have disappeared 4.814

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.121

And the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.604

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.295

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.297

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.569

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.219

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.283

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.152

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.512

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 1.278

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.201

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 1.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.138

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.145

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.201

And all notifications have disappeared 4.162

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.757

# 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 5.824

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.234

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.820

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.150

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.396

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.426

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.236

Then I wait until Tor is ready 8.265

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.654

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.101

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.682

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.552

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.996

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.419

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.105

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.376

And the network is plugged 0.431

And Tor is ready 14.645

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.855

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.464

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.951

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	9:26.276	Passed

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