Cucumber Reports (no 5653) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5653	17 May 2025, 12:44

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:15.837	Passed

24.578

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:513 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.127

When the network is plugged 0.213

And I successfully configure Tor 16.194

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.613

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.597

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.948

When the network is plugged 0.082

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.596

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.485

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.421

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.626

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.407

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.926

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.290

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.090

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.822

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.416

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.119

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.688

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.332

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:24.946

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:513 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.032

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.292

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 1:15.600

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.662

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:23.198

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.981

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.208

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:13.831

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.164

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.137

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.020

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:513 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.146

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 1.043

And the computer boots Tails 56.619

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.184

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.002

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.432

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:513 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.039

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

When the network is plugged 0.075

And I successfully configure Tor 23.092

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.332

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.769

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.938

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.191

And all notifications have disappeared 4.063

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.111

And the network is plugged 0.069

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.648

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.010

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.163

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.599

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.761

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.408

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.111

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.449

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.858

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:9.796

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 20.434

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.186

And all notifications have disappeared 3.950

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.086

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.605

# 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 4.193

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.187

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.909

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.980

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.280

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.333

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.521

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.491

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.411

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.089

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:513 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.637

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.200

And the network is plugged 0.107

And Tor is ready 14.588

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.543

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 0.012

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.392

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.656

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	8:15.837	Passed

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