Cucumber Reports (no 5721) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5721	18 Jun 2025, 15:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	19:2.081	Passed

1:11.464

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 20.449

When the network is plugged 16.735

And I successfully configure Tor 33.668

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.610

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 1.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.002

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:40.407

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:507 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 48.710

When the network is plugged 4.662

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 8.648

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 30.227

And I wait until Tor is ready 8.070

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.088

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.410

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.630

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:22.773

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 13.392

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 1.866

And I capture all network traffic 0.173

And the network is plugged 0.912

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 7.546

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 32.429

And I wait until Tor is ready 25.150

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.186

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 1.114

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.530

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

3:7.089

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 23.047

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 3.235

And I warm reboot the computer 1.189

And the computer reboots Tails 2:37.572

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 2.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 3.038

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

3:47.100

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1:9.101

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 4.053

And I warm reboot the computer 0.498

And the computer reboots Tails 2:32.784

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.663

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.568

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.311

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:47.561

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 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.036

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.027

Steps

Given a computer 1.023

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.187

And I start the computer 3.807

And the computer boots Tails 1:42.425

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.117

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.802

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:23.715

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 50.108

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 4.241

When the network is plugged 0.613

And I successfully configure Tor 28.679

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.375

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.446

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:56.577

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 0.094

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.187

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.015

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 1.835

And all notifications have disappeared 12.442

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.508

And the network is plugged 0.358

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 10.635

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 11.115

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.513

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 17.117

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 24.864

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 1.106

When I click "Connect to Tor" 3.967

Then I wait until Tor is ready 12.508

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.521

# 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:515 0.331

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:48.922

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 0.127

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.052

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 15.233

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 2.187

And all notifications have disappeared 11.265

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.191

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 11.562

# 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 10.536

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.334

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 14.737

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 18.260

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.653

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.732

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.193

Then I wait until Tor is ready 19.329

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 1.016

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.084

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.598

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.472

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.467

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 0.049

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.029

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 22.980

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 5.267

And the network is plugged 2.121

And Tor is ready 24.501

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.591

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.452

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.697

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	19:2.081	Passed

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