Cucumber Reports (no 5747) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5747	28 Jun 2025, 12:48

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:55.414	Passed

37.063

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.001

When the network is plugged 10.627

And I successfully configure Tor 17.386

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.380

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.311

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.458

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.037

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.734

When the network is plugged 0.123

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.495

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.881

And I wait until Tor is ready 4.181

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.623

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.393

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 8.249

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.381

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.162

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.135

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.608

And I wait until Tor is ready 6.178

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 0.622

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.294

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:37.193

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 8.360

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.340

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 1:28.068

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.405

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.639

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:29.160

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.775

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.388

And I warm reboot the computer 0.019

And the computer reboots Tails 1:18.815

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.159

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.697

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.568

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.160

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.021

And I start the computer 1.048

And the computer boots Tails 59.178

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.158

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.123

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.652

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.709

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.489

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.206

When the network is plugged 0.072

And I successfully configure Tor 24.896

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.350

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.054

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:5.305

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.181

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.216

And all notifications have disappeared 4.555

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.124

And the network is plugged 0.090

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.210

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.131

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.447

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.867

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.230

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

Then I wait until Tor is ready 8.254

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.590

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.507

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.693

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.264

And all notifications have disappeared 4.484

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.121

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.467

# 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 4.315

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.152

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.709

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.869

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.287

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.436

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then I wait until Tor is ready 8.521

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.493

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.148

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.390

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.568

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.322

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.054

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.719

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.189

And the network is plugged 0.068

And Tor is ready 14.557

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.515

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 0.400

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.748

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	8:55.414	Passed

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