Cucumber Reports (no 17) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_codespell	17	01 Jul 2025, 10:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:38.642	Passed

40.000

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.619

When the network is plugged 10.609

And I successfully configure Tor 19.682

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.088

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.450

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.879

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.692

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:507 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.008

When the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.239

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 14.118

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.189

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.866

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.362

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.322

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.349

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.245

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.752

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 15.409

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.591

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.616

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.334

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:32.256

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.218

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.345

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:23.098

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.577

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.493

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:36.653

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.416

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.212

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.912

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.098

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 1.723

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.293

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.900

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.185

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 1.159

And the computer boots Tails 1:3.335

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.194

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.779

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.240

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.372

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.157

When the network is plugged 0.132

And I successfully configure Tor 24.463

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.113

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.398

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.006

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:38.014

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.897

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.256

And all notifications have disappeared 4.195

And I capture all network traffic 0.059

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.475

And the network is plugged 0.460

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.975

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.561

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.217

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.876

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.175

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.281

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.208

Then I wait until Tor is ready 37.969

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 1.348

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.604

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.750

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.594

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.599

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.201

And all notifications have disappeared 3.815

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.795

# 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 4.590

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.170

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.491

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.366

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.308

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.438

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.602

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.604

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.302

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.924

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.565

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.219

And the network is plugged 0.085

And Tor is ready 14.540

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.508

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.596

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.886

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 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	9:38.642	Passed

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