Cucumber Reports (no 24) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections	24	15 Apr 2025, 19:30

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:11.458	Passed

24.324

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.909

When the network is plugged 0.210

And I successfully configure Tor 16.125

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.344

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.712

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.237

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 8.096

When the network is plugged 0.070

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.648

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.290

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.091

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.124

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.615

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 8.239

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.347

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.089

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.845

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.715

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.677

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.652

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.671

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:32.168

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.651

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.291

And I warm reboot the computer 0.024

And the computer reboots Tails 1:22.492

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.709

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.119

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:24.558

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 8.328

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.231

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:14.825

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.129

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.451

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:511 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.963

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.474

And I start the computer 0.967

And the computer boots Tails 54.870

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.175

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.677

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.608

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 8.573

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.159

When the network is plugged 0.063

And I successfully configure Tor 22.758

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.385

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.876

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.325

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.398

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.219

And all notifications have disappeared 3.925

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.161

And the network is plugged 0.136

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.190

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.914

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.516

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.831

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.270

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.182

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.747

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.532

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.121

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.296

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.630

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.667

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 8.039

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.226

And all notifications have disappeared 3.962

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.071

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.010

# 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 4.588

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.189

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.893

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.841

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.310

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.342

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.153

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.548

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.367

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.500

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:511 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.995

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.246

And the network is plugged 0.062

And Tor is ready 11.251

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.940

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 0.469

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.595

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	8:11.458	Passed

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