Cucumber Reports (no 84) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections	84	05 Jun 2025, 20:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:15.065	Passed

25.763

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:518 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.095

When the network is plugged 0.221

And I successfully configure Tor 17.398

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.417

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.633

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.166

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:518 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.321

When the network is plugged 0.063

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.308

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.051

And I wait until Tor is ready 4.375

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.755

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.955

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:518 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.220

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.275

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.082

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.081

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 16.755

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.975

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.488

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:23.475

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.631

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.348

And I warm reboot the computer 0.020

And the computer reboots Tails 1:12.490

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.984

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.129

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.691

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:27.152

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.160

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.987

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:16.276

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.714

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.672

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.098

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.175

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.029

And I start the computer 1.084

And the computer boots Tails 56.727

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.081

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.158

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.609

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.436

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.200

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.164

When the network is plugged 0.196

And I successfully configure Tor 24.826

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.336

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.846

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.058

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.285

And all notifications have disappeared 4.221

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.084

And the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.095

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.142

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.012

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.988

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.248

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.629

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.572

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.760

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.979

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:518 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.224

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.197

And all notifications have disappeared 4.131

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.774

# 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 4.270

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.854

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.788

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.237

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.379

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.163

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.705

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.519

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.389

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.299

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.760

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.190

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.144

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.184

And the network is plugged 0.067

And Tor is ready 12.243

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.544

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:526 0.423

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.584

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 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	8:15.065	Passed

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