Cucumber Reports (no 3873) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	3873	18 Jun 2025, 07:16

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:34.442	Passed

38.333

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 8.437

When the network is plugged 10.707

And I successfully configure Tor 19.114

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.450

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.976

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.926

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.028

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.101

When the network is plugged 0.177

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 6.951

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.692

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.932

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.573

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.946

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.145

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.526

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.291

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.166

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.323

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 18.212

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.955

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.350

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 1.315

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.317

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.809

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:38.572

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.609

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.497

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 1:27.823

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.622

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.141

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:41.047

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.434

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.619

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:29.315

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.662

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.935

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:6.829

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 0.029

Steps

Given a computer 0.337

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.098

And I start the computer 1.275

And the computer boots Tails 1:5.018

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.098

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.639

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.261

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 10.310

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.184

When the network is plugged 0.060

And I successfully configure Tor 23.647

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.499

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:9.562

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.902

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.650

And all notifications have disappeared 4.513

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.165

And the network is plugged 0.089

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.197

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.244

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.300

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.183

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.078

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.658

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.206

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.785

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.505

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 2.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.446

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.733

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.320

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.244

And all notifications have disappeared 4.342

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.073

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.306

# 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 6.168

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.212

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.988

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.420

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.592

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.398

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.182

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.391

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.544

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.468

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.504

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.367

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.029

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.254

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.701

And the network is plugged 2.056

And Tor is ready 14.441

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.571

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:515 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.653

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	9:34.442	Passed

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