Cucumber Reports (no 38) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections	38	25 Apr 2025, 18:33

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:31.583	Passed

25.256

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.231

When the network is plugged 0.213

And I successfully configure Tor 16.747

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.361

After features/support/hooks.rb:334 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.356

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.011

When the network is plugged 0.169

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.988

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.213

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.914

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:334 0.627

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.481

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.083

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.235

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.092

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.466

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 15.982

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.836

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.714

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.325

After features/support/hooks.rb:334 0.742

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:33.858

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.523

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.400

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:24.477

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.441

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.102

After features/support/hooks.rb:334 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:29.206

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.965

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.244

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:18.324

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.659

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:334 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.420

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.208

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.032

And I start the computer 1.149

And the computer boots Tails 1:0.790

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.239

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:334 0.741

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.607

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.035

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

When the network is plugged 0.070

And I successfully configure Tor 24.249

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.086

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:334 0.647

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.921

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.041

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.233

And all notifications have disappeared 3.956

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.110

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.574

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.696

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.184

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.960

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.956

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.289

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.034

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.496

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.162

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:334 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.567

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.607

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.214

And all notifications have disappeared 4.134

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.070

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.760

# 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 4.332

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.206

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.997

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.088

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.323

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.384

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.433

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.421

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.322

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.315

After features/support/hooks.rb:334 1.027

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.905

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.701

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.169

And the network is plugged 0.066

And Tor is ready 14.509

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.454

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:523 0.409

After features/support/hooks.rb:334 0.602

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	8:31.583	Passed

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