Cucumber Reports (no 25) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections	25	16 Apr 2025, 19:01

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:12.414	Passed

25.754

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.286

When the network is plugged 0.223

And I successfully configure Tor 17.196

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.411

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.619

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.230

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 8.248

When the network is plugged 0.088

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.568

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.463

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.805

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.885

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.642

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:511 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.137

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.214

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.074

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.933

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.288

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.391

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.543

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.311

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.836

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:29.066

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:511 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.055

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.264

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:20.419

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.310

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.667

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:27.154

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 8.308

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.842

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:16.036

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.952

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.855

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.222

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 0.192

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 0.957

And the computer boots Tails 55.863

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.183

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.704

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.130

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.066

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.194

When the network is plugged 0.103

And I successfully configure Tor 21.648

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.117

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.645

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.528

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 8.941

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.232

And all notifications have disappeared 4.048

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.135

And the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.609

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.131

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.185

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 17.077

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.749

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.263

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.170

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.437

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.422

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.617

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.963

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.196

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.206

And all notifications have disappeared 3.940

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.080

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.632

# 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 4.266

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.152

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.738

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.946

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.326

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.361

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.165

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.092

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.436

# 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" 0.357

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.684

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.721

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 8.156

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.174

And the network is plugged 0.091

And Tor is ready 12.782

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.513

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.366

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.682

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	8:12.414	Passed

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