Cucumber Reports (no 48) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter	48	06 Jul 2025, 09:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:31.055	Passed

35.278

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 8.543

When the network is plugged 10.777

And I successfully configure Tor 15.905

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.478

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.472

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.045

When the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.957

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.112

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.224

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.661

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.574

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 0.013

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.638

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.271

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And the network is plugged 0.127

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.641

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.390

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.770

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.672

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.847

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:29.417

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.088

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.307

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:20.282

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.723

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:29.215

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.820

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.396

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:18.698

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.686

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.907

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.227

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.119

And I start the computer 1.066

And the computer boots Tails 1:0.336

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.157

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.323

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.130

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.392

When the network is plugged 0.070

And I successfully configure Tor 23.656

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.431

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.606

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.592

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.594

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 3.962

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.134

And the network is plugged 0.210

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.424

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.966

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.182

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.902

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.009

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.246

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.501

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.669

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.588

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.020

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.195

And all notifications have disappeared 4.427

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.162

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.643

# 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 4.617

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.765

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.015

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.421

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.990

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.173

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.511

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.376

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.637

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.685

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.077

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.155

And the network is plugged 0.135

And Tor is ready 13.805

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.507

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:515 0.409

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.830

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	8:31.055	Passed

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