Cucumber Reports (no 95) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections	95	17 Jun 2025, 22:02

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	10:18.383	Passed

38.463

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.338

When the network is plugged 10.675

And I successfully configure Tor 17.325

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.123

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 2.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.417

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:512 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.538

When the network is plugged 0.141

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.710

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 15.501

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.446

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.426

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 13.049

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.080

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.184

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 16.817

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.941

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 1.070

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.986

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:47.768

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.409

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.355

And I warm reboot the computer 0.021

And the computer reboots Tails 1:35.564

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.416

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.113

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:42.940

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:512 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.879

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.020

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:30.236

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.788

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:5.036

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.152

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.022

And I start the computer 0.987

And the computer boots Tails 1:3.779

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.094

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.714

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:6.109

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.900

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.215

When the network is plugged 0.077

And I successfully configure Tor 53.775

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.140

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.531

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:9.503

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:512 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.561

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.373

And all notifications have disappeared 4.484

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.100

And the network is plugged 0.069

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.988

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.459

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 17.329

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.350

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.480

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.485

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.432

# 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:520 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.669

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.319

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.349

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.325

And all notifications have disappeared 5.114

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.143

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.412

# 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 5.059

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.178

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.130

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.110

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.469

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.428

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.244

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.493

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.173

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.465

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.905

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.398

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:512 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 13.572

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.144

And the network is plugged 0.097

And Tor is ready 18.072

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.503

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 0.007

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.443

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.603

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	10:18.383	Passed

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