Cucumber Reports (no 41) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter	41	28 Jun 2025, 11:14

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	11:27.206	Passed

40.464

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.037

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.325

When the network is plugged 10.873

And I successfully configure Tor 20.215

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.473

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.639

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.594

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.577

When the network is plugged 1.875

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.095

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 17.625

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.335

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.084

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.380

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.736

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.339

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.448

And I capture all network traffic 0.026

And the network is plugged 0.293

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.787

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.799

And I wait until Tor is ready 33.285

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.692

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.391

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.613

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:53.151

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.332

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.396

And I warm reboot the computer 0.024

And the computer reboots Tails 1:39.291

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.105

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

2:2.652

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.976

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.871

And I warm reboot the computer 0.761

And the computer reboots Tails 1:48.754

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.287

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.606

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:22.938

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.171

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 1.066

And the computer boots Tails 1:21.462

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.211

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

41.708

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 16.168

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.175

When the network is plugged 0.070

And I successfully configure Tor 24.213

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.080

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.468

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.638

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:16.419

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 14.794

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.239

And all notifications have disappeared 4.337

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.125

And the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 6.051

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.735

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.177

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 19.427

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.391

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.736

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.294

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.501

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.456

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:16.102

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 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 15.478

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.215

And all notifications have disappeared 4.477

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.089

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.228

# 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 7.317

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.276

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.088

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.700

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.791

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 1.971

When I click "Connect to Tor" 3.643

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.871

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.531

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.124

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.289

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.304

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.438

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.153

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.282

And the network is plugged 0.359

And Tor is ready 16.665

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 2.887

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.015

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 1.969

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.740

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	11:27.206	Passed

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