Cucumber Reports (no 4) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_20267-webtunnel	4	14 Jul 2025, 22:45

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:8.281	Passed

36.163

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 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.828

When the network is plugged 10.623

And I successfully configure Tor 15.644

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 1.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.434

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.373

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.316

When the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.361

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 14.415

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.142

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.627

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.115

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 10.438

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.509

And I capture all network traffic 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.275

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.553

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 16.588

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.131

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 0.506

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.372

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:30.543

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 8.331

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.250

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:20.977

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.968

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.411

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:32.333

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.679

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.646

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:20.397

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.597

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.005

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:9.694

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.229

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 1.168

And the computer boots Tails 1:8.037

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.233

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.885

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.456

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.230

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.200

When the network is plugged 0.108

And I successfully configure Tor 26.673

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.243

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.758

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.782

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:7.144

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 8.674

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.381

And all notifications have disappeared 4.988

And I capture all network traffic 0.023

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.665

And the network is plugged 0.339

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.044

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.642

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.461

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.182

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.460

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.247

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.269

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.519

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.328

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.298

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:507 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.680

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.376

And all notifications have disappeared 4.656

And I capture all network traffic 0.025

And the network is plugged 0.111

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.048

# 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 4.905

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.905

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.995

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.819

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.410

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.022

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.450

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.086

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.480

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.719

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.156

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.989

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.177

And the network is plugged 0.063

And Tor is ready 13.047

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.871

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 0.510

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.856

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	9:8.281	Passed

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