Cucumber Reports (no 23) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21014-htpdateerror	23	05 Jul 2025, 23:35

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	68	2	10	0	0	80	8	2	10	17:30.622	Failed

1:17.432

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 33.227

When the network is plugged 13.814

And I successfully configure Tor 30.321

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.464

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.972

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:18.412

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 45.925

When the network is plugged 1.793

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 9.063

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 19.559

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.004

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.977

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 26.438

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 3.582

And I capture all network traffic 0.156

And the network is plugged 0.870

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 8.030

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 15.899

try_for()

try_for() timeout expired (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:828:in `click_connect_to_tor'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:502:in `tca_configure'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:628:in `/^I configure (?:some|the) (persistent )?(\w+) bridges (from a QR code )?in the Tor Connection Assistant(?: in (easy|hide) mode)?( without connecting|)$/'
features/time_syncing.feature:27:in `And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode'

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.000

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.000

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.000

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.038

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.715

Error message

no implicit conversion of nil into String (TypeError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:455:in `exist?'
./features/support/hooks.rb:455:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:450:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:450:in `After'

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges' (at time 00:22:01)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21014-htpdateerror/23/artifact/build-artifacts/00:22:01_Clock_is_one_day_in_the_future_while_using_obfs4_bridges.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21014-htpdateerror/23/artifact/build-artifacts/00:22:01_Clock_is_one_day_in_the_future_while_using_obfs4_bridges.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21014-htpdateerror/23/artifact/build-artifacts/00:22:01_Clock_is_one_day_in_the_future_while_using_obfs4_bridges.mkv

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

2:57.154

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 43.796

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 3.275

And I warm reboot the computer 0.749

And the computer reboots Tails 2:8.559

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.774

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

2:55.865

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 33.257

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.575

And I warm reboot the computer 0.037

And the computer reboots Tails 2:17.711

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 2.282

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.741

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:34.494

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.194

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.026

And I start the computer 1.024

And the computer boots Tails 1:31.944

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 1.305

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 3.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:23.874

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 51.878

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 4.685

When the network is plugged 0.708

And I successfully configure Tor 26.529

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.752

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.038

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

2:14.593

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 44.379

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 4.902

And all notifications have disappeared 8.061

And I capture all network traffic 0.029

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.112

And the network is plugged 0.071

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 9.735

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 11.071

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.371

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 17.185

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 17.244

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.498

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.156

Then I wait until Tor is ready 16.599

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 2.096

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.550

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.060

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:36.229

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 16.218

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.538

And all notifications have disappeared 4.799

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And the network is plugged 0.337

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.822

# 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 12.006

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 14.068

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.376

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 1.820

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 1.828

When I click "Connect to Tor" 2.064

Then I wait until Tor is ready 10.540

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 7.432

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.170

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.959

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.536

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:17.587

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1:17.587

Failed

Failed to restore snapshot (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:89:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/time_syncing.feature:106:in `Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in'

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.000

And the network is plugged 0.000

And Tor is ready 0.000

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.000

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 0.000

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.059

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.741

Error message

no implicit conversion of nil into String (TypeError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:455:in `exist?'
./features/support/hooks.rb:455:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:450:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:450:in `After'

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check' (at time 00:36:21)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21014-htpdateerror/23/artifact/build-artifacts/00:36:21_Time_sync_before_Tor_connects_sets_the_same_headers_as_the_NetworkManager_connectivity_check.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21014-htpdateerror/23/artifact/build-artifacts/00:36:21_Time_sync_before_Tor_connects_sets_the_same_headers_as_the_NetworkManager_connectivity_check.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21014-htpdateerror/23/artifact/build-artifacts/00:36:21_Time_sync_before_Tor_connects_sets_the_same_headers_as_the_NetworkManager_connectivity_check.mkv

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	68	2	10	0	0	80	8	2	10	17:30.622	Failed

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