Cucumber Reports (no 88) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections	88	09 Jun 2025, 18:41

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:11.020	Passed

24.848

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.972

When the network is plugged 0.219

And I successfully configure Tor 16.598

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.358

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.742

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.314

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.928

When the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.737

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.536

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.992

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.599

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.342

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.885

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.243

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.902

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.362

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.175

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.648

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.638

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:17.345

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 7.800

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.233

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 1:9.039

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.256

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.119

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.672

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:22.201

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.259

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.944

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:11.048

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.934

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.686

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.806

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 0.161

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

And I start the computer 0.987

And the computer boots Tails 1:3.541

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.089

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.123

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.636

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.273

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.842

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

When the network is plugged 0.061

And I successfully configure Tor 23.135

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.376

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.684

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.783

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:518 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.314

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.215

And all notifications have disappeared 4.526

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.153

And the network is plugged 0.138

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.246

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.248

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.284

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.407

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.109

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.283

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.217

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.016

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.551

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.291

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.417

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.222

And all notifications have disappeared 4.314

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.098

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.276

# 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 4.931

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.169

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" 15.261

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.306

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.444

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.726

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.552

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.084

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.468

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:526 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.813

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.659

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.216

And the network is plugged 0.084

And Tor is ready 15.239

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.015

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.592

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 0.400

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.965

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	8:11.020	Passed

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