Cucumber Reports (no 53) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter	53	08 Jul 2025, 17:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:33.508	Passed

1:6.848

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.912

When the network is plugged 10.627

And I successfully configure Tor 47.254

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.405

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.801

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.675

When the network is plugged 0.093

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.558

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.478

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.928

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.731

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.326

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.517

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.260

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.130

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.286

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 15.395

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.069

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.588

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.829

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:32.985

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.039

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.339

And I warm reboot the computer 0.022

And the computer reboots Tails 1:22.850

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.734

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.729

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:33.092

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.680

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.404

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:21.904

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.091

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.698

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:12.853

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 0.313

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

And I start the computer 1.188

And the computer boots Tails 1:11.145

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.180

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.402

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.143

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 9.099

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.180

When the network is plugged 0.097

And I successfully configure Tor 21.706

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.317

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.750

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:7.954

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 8.728

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.329

And all notifications have disappeared 4.808

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.125

And the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.072

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.231

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.165

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.529

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.624

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.269

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

Then I wait until Tor is ready 9.180

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.623

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.414

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.054

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.950

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.377

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.243

And all notifications have disappeared 4.214

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.079

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.765

# 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 5.184

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.061

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.461

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.233

# "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" 1.158

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.299

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.551

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.113

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.658

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.322

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.551

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 8.854

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.175

And the network is plugged 0.076

And Tor is ready 13.802

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.636

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.466

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.679

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	9:33.508	Passed

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