Cucumber Reports (no 96) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections	96	18 Jun 2025, 22:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	10:0.184	Passed

40.252

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:512 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.462

When the network is plugged 11.039

And I successfully configure Tor 19.687

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.400

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.689

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.004

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:512 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.869

When the network is plugged 0.110

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.708

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.712

And I wait until Tor is ready 5.515

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.086

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.189

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 9.578

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.237

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.126

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.945

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 16.521

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.042

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.669

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 1.032

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:37.923

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:512 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.462

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.261

And I warm reboot the computer 0.022

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.402

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.774

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.124

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:44.966

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.899

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.029

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:30.298

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.726

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.459

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:6.011

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.353

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.036

And I start the computer 1.163

And the computer boots Tails 1:4.326

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.131

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.699

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.877

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:512 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.433

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.781

When the network is plugged 1.063

And I successfully configure Tor 25.521

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:6.910

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:512 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.583

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.236

And all notifications have disappeared 6.550

And I capture all network traffic 0.038

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.217

And the network is plugged 0.076

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.297

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.940

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.239

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.018

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.070

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.678

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.203

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.473

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.454

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.902

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:34.850

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 0.031

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.895

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.453

And all notifications have disappeared 4.254

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.101

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.793

# 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 5.347

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.265

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.993

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.155

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.629

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.349

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.169

Then I wait until Tor is ready 36.377

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.644

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.345

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.413

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.084

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.199

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:512 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.427

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.378

And the network is plugged 0.073

And Tor is ready 12.570

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.744

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:520 2.388

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.224

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	10:0.184	Passed

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