Cucumber Reports (no 5750) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5750	30 Jun 2025, 10:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	10:32.356	Passed

36.726

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.704

When the network is plugged 11.522

And I successfully configure Tor 16.388

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.111

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.369

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.635

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.931

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.244

When the network is plugged 0.095

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.942

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.561

And I wait until Tor is ready 33.013

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.392

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.723

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.825

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.000

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.299

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.119

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.910

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.673

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.289

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.487

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.345

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.621

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:33.919

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 8.183

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.287

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 1:24.723

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.708

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.642

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:34.195

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.639

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.557

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:23.219

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.765

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:6.591

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:507 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.336

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.030

And I start the computer 1.554

And the computer boots Tails 1:4.441

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.227

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.898

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.716

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.041

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.901

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.165

When the network is plugged 0.079

And I successfully configure Tor 52.495

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.439

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.641

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:37.677

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.213

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.436

And all notifications have disappeared 4.607

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.169

And the network is plugged 0.092

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.227

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.757

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.198

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.765

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.645

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.270

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.144

Then I wait until Tor is ready 36.155

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.919

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.458

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.574

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 8.885

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.281

And all notifications have disappeared 5.138

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.098

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.938

# 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 4.710

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.186

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.902

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.120

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.577

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.516

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.052

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.405

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.097

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.431

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.340

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.755

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.198

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.159

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.193

And the network is plugged 0.090

And Tor is ready 16.000

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.747

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:515 0.652

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.881

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	10:32.356	Passed

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