Cucumber Reports (no 41) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections	41	26 Apr 2025, 18:32

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:54.765	Passed

24.378

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.057

When the network is plugged 0.209

And I successfully configure Tor 16.025

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.086

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.414

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.689

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.163

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.404

When the network is plugged 0.118

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.843

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.266

And I wait until Tor is ready 4.472

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.708

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.213

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.134

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.231

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.124

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.936

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.526

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.489

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.703

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.360

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.836

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:31.183

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.328

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.252

And I warm reboot the computer 0.019

And the computer reboots Tails 1:21.748

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.833

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:29.216

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.051

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.166

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:19.057

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.926

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.782

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.120

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.009

Steps

Given a computer 0.347

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 1.047

And the computer boots Tails 58.504

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.194

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.132

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.049

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.786

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.742

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.167

When the network is plugged 0.072

And I successfully configure Tor 22.754

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.340

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.661

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:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.209

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.996

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.128

And the network is plugged 0.190

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.393

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.634

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.300

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 17.487

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

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

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.275

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.338

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.470

# 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:524 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.650

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.454

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:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.229

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.209

And all notifications have disappeared 4.182

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.523

# 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 4.638

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.917

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.955

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.630

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.546

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.153

Then I wait until Tor is ready 8.272

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.512

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.375

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.585

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:516 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.503

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.143

And the network is plugged 0.068

And Tor is ready 13.329

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.527

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 0.012

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:524 0.407

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.815

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.001

	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	8:54.765	Passed

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