Cucumber Reports (no 18) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_codespell	18	02 Jul 2025, 10:44

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:12.682	Passed

39.914

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.985

When the network is plugged 11.077

And I successfully configure Tor 17.771

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 1.874

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.108

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.186

When the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.164

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.236

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.393

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.294

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.012

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.741

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.457

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.634

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.411

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.705

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.092

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 1.236

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.411

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:31.290

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.317

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.299

And I warm reboot the computer 0.019

And the computer reboots Tails 1:21.685

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.967

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.824

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:33.929

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.121

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.811

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:22.173

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.810

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:12.502

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.176

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.041

And I start the computer 1.147

And the computer boots Tails 1:10.931

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.205

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.698

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.905

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.311

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.642

When the network is plugged 0.102

And I successfully configure Tor 24.742

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.105

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.471

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:5.699

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 8.710

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.345

And all notifications have disappeared 4.537

And I capture all network traffic 0.042

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.561

And the network is plugged 0.679

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.095

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.540

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.595

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.025

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.330

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.388

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.467

# 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:515 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.897

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.520

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.406

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.353

And all notifications have disappeared 5.018

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.144

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.229

# 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 4.726

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.178

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.943

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.810

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.269

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.413

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.279

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.415

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.697

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.105

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.526

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.386

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.516

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.826

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.317

And the network is plugged 0.065

And Tor is ready 13.641

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.656

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 0.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.675

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.855

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	9:12.682	Passed

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