Cucumber Reports (no 5723) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5723	18 Jun 2025, 17:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	13:19.327	Passed

1:18.029

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:507 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 30.093

When the network is plugged 15.557

And I successfully configure Tor 31.863

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.514

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 1.567

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.909

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 16.103

When the network is plugged 0.191

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.572

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 16.790

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.197

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.344

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

42.118

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 11.578

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 1.016

And I capture all network traffic 0.035

And the network is plugged 0.786

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.751

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 18.290

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.733

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.867

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.813

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

2:5.365

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 15.710

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.335

And I warm reboot the computer 0.026

And the computer reboots Tails 1:47.610

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.682

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 1.423

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.421

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

2:26.105

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.067

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.028

And I warm reboot the computer 0.022

And the computer reboots Tails 2:11.510

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.477

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:42.600

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.237

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.042

And I start the computer 1.410

And the computer boots Tails 1:40.774

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.135

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.538

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 17.055

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.221

When the network is plugged 0.107

And I successfully configure Tor 38.086

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.473

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:20.046

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.239

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 1.288

And all notifications have disappeared 6.092

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.193

And the network is plugged 0.075

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.167

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 11.416

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.221

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.617

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.610

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.845

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.804

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.827

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.429

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.212

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.389

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:32.186

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 25.091

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.590

And all notifications have disappeared 7.314

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.187

# 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 4.715

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.326

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.600

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.363

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 1.012

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 1.311

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.748

Then I wait until Tor is ready 12.996

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 2.920

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.136

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.796

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.427

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 14.716

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.420

And the network is plugged 0.151

And Tor is ready 18.438

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.542

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.035

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.122

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 2.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.852

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	13:19.327	Passed

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