Cucumber Reports (no 5712) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5712	12 Jun 2025, 12:59

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	10:34.451	Passed

54.377

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:513 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.584

When the network is plugged 0.225

And I successfully configure Tor 45.502

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.445

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.632

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.183

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 8.334

When the network is plugged 0.123

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.018

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.543

And I wait until Tor is ready 32.112

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.622

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.987

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.251

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.241

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.150

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.140

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.819

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.590

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.725

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.372

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.890

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:29.262

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.960

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.380

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 1:19.334

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.568

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:30.043

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.767

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.271

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:18.259

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.731

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.767

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.880

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.175

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.029

And I start the computer 1.039

And the computer boots Tails 59.534

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.100

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.704

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.908

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.316

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.204

When the network is plugged 0.076

And I successfully configure Tor 23.232

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.331

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.631

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:44.268

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 21.223

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.213

And all notifications have disappeared 4.081

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.109

And the network is plugged 0.081

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.258

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.622

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.257

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.031

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.946

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.329

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.208

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.109

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.731

# 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:521 0.378

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.703

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 9.165

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.225

And all notifications have disappeared 4.111

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.077

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.131

# 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 4.807

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.240

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.851

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.986

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.325

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.350

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.164

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.561

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.418

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.835

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:513 0.005

Steps

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

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.202

And the network is plugged 0.656

And Tor is ready 12.542

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.751

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 0.539

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.764

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	10:34.451	Passed

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