Cucumber Reports (no 29) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_10422-tor-browser-in-flatpak	29	11 Mar 2025, 17:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:3.757	Passed

26.497

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:511 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.403

When the network is plugged 0.195

And I successfully configure Tor 17.842

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.363

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.626

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.073

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.140

When the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.769

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.017

And I wait until Tor is ready 4.012

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.677

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.768

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.012

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.246

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.101

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.151

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.572

And I wait until Tor is ready 4.096

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.525

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.315

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.749

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:22.604

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.308

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.232

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:13.729

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.319

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.122

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.033

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:23.829

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:511 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.960

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.873

And I warm reboot the computer 0.019

And the computer reboots Tails 1:13.308

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.667

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.113

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.722

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.885

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.150

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

And I start the computer 1.058

And the computer boots Tails 57.477

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.178

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.602

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.235

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:511 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.032

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.211

When the network is plugged 0.074

And I successfully configure Tor 22.869

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.322

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.072

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:511 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.020

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.190

And all notifications have disappeared 3.931

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.201

And the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.527

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.345

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.725

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.830

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.283

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.171

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.974

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.459

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.159

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.091

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:511 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.099

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.237

And all notifications have disappeared 3.904

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.071

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.331

# 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 4.229

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.638

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.814

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.249

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.401

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.178

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.922

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.449

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.100

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.291

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.809

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.699

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 8.116

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.167

And the network is plugged 0.118

And Tor is ready 11.766

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.526

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 0.419

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.647

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	8:3.757	Passed

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