Cucumber Reports (no 3871) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	3871	17 Jun 2025, 15:14

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:31.815	Passed

36.943

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.278

When the network is plugged 10.664

And I successfully configure Tor 16.928

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.483

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.750

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.883

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.970

When the network is plugged 0.488

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.748

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.846

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.772

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.406

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.211

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.551

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.429

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.090

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.769

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 15.707

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.090

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.513

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:40.705

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.456

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.560

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 1:31.547

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.123

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.121

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.614

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:55.225

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 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.885

And I warm reboot the computer 0.021

And the computer reboots Tails 1:43.392

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.577

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.867

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 0.353

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.044

And I start the computer 1.015

And the computer boots Tails 1:1.344

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.108

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.140

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.764

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.192

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 9.074

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.246

When the network is plugged 0.285

And I successfully configure Tor 23.515

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.413

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.994

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:6.444

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.880

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.362

And all notifications have disappeared 4.527

And I capture all network traffic 0.015

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.169

And the network is plugged 0.206

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.608

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.408

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.253

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.926

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.310

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.374

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.290

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.423

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.625

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.709

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 10.071

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.299

And all notifications have disappeared 4.655

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.092

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.432

# 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 5.256

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.096

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.205

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.259

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.340

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.629

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.476

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.428

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.397

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.631

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.503

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.177

And the network is plugged 0.090

And Tor is ready 16.321

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.528

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 0.007

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.685

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.136

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	9:31.815	Passed

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