Cucumber Reports (no 6) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21027-fix-interactive-debugging-context	6	21 Jun 2025, 21:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:39.706	Passed

41.733

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.032

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.191

When the network is plugged 11.055

And I successfully configure Tor 19.422

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.333

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.011

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.195

When the network is plugged 0.071

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.339

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 14.530

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.756

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.117

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.312

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.358

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.663

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.718

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.430

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.225

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.702

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 15.443

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.359

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.701

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 1.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.788

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:40.353

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.291

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.300

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 1:29.691

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:41.608

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.164

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.441

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 1:30.088

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.897

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:6.589

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.198

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

And I start the computer 1.377

And the computer boots Tails 1:4.880

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.096

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.127

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.718

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.931

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.182

When the network is plugged 0.076

And I successfully configure Tor 23.483

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.373

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.357

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:10.403

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.445

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.448

And all notifications have disappeared 5.245

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.171

And the network is plugged 0.177

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.426

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 6.043

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.251

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.748

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.455

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.421

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.151

Then I wait until Tor is ready 9.448

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.796

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.161

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.538

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:7.257

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.050

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.448

And all notifications have disappeared 4.734

And I capture all network traffic 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.555

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.797

# 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 4.773

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.178

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.975

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.921

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.846

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 2.185

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.597

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.483

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.131

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.304

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.319

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.367

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.217

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.407

And the network is plugged 0.107

And Tor is ready 17.135

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.493

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 1.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 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	9:39.706	Passed

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