Cucumber Reports (no 28) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_10422-tor-browser-in-flatpak	28	11 Mar 2025, 14:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:26.379	Passed

26.680

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:511 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.155

When the network is plugged 0.240

And I successfully configure Tor 17.213

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.356

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.896

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:511 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.837

When the network is plugged 0.096

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.094

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.177

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.631

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.696

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.028

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:511 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.029

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.405

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.817

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.532

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.133

And I wait until Tor is ready 4.527

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.523

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.746

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:46.454

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:511 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.708

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.288

And I warm reboot the computer 0.019

And the computer reboots Tails 1:37.119

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.318

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.800

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:34.072

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:511 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.850

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.219

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:21.243

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.746

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.631

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.655

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:511 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.235

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.034

And I start the computer 1.053

And the computer boots Tails 1:0.146

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.185

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.204

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:511 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.477

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.166

When the network is plugged 0.088

And I successfully configure Tor 25.332

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.140

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.377

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.713

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.879

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:511 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.442

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.255

And all notifications have disappeared 4.317

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.163

And the network is plugged 0.093

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.725

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.226

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.198

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.957

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.845

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.274

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.173

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.629

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.512

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.779

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:29.031

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:511 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.189

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.200

And all notifications have disappeared 4.125

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.104

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.385

# 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 4.685

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.178

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.799

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.214

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.276

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.448

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.196

Then I wait until Tor is ready 36.168

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.650

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.353

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.368

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.476

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:511 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.468

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.150

And the network is plugged 0.236

And Tor is ready 13.092

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.524

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:519 0.470

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.752

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

	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	9:26.379	Passed

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