Cucumber Reports (no 5703) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5703	09 Jun 2025, 12:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:15.838	Passed

25.347

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.281

When the network is plugged 0.261

And I successfully configure Tor 16.738

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.378

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.705

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.037

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.302

When the network is plugged 0.086

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.371

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.850

And I wait until Tor is ready 4.372

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.760

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.546

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.068

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.346

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.126

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.587

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.165

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.695

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.492

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.852

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:24.746

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:513 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.275

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.293

And I warm reboot the computer 0.020

And the computer reboots Tails 1:15.088

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.662

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:30.196

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 8.374

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.828

And I warm reboot the computer 0.023

And the computer reboots Tails 1:19.344

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.625

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.584

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:513 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.186

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

And I start the computer 1.013

And the computer boots Tails 57.272

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.086

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.595

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.223

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.996

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.267

When the network is plugged 0.099

And I successfully configure Tor 22.806

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.357

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.005

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.369

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.143

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.229

And all notifications have disappeared 4.670

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.208

And the network is plugged 0.096

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.978

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.215

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.170

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.089

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.321

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.188

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.273

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.493

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.976

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.847

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 8.236

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.250

And all notifications have disappeared 3.925

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.536

# 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 4.253

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.180

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.746

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.856

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.334

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.331

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.148

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.985

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.507

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.420

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.937

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.094

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.165

And the network is plugged 0.088

And Tor is ready 12.996

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.588

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:521 0.384

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.848

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	8:15.838	Passed

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