Cucumber Reports (no 3887) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	3887	26 Jun 2025, 13:05

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:14.568	Passed

36.894

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.018

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 10.733

And I successfully configure Tor 17.397

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.339

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.548

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.572

When the network is plugged 0.330

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.990

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.395

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.108

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.150

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.485

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.698

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.943

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.462

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.209

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.085

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.078

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.711

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.810

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.088

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.493

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:26.649

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.110

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.256

And I warm reboot the computer 0.046

And the computer reboots Tails 1:17.808

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.428

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.115

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.856

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:34.000

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 10.281

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.727

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 1:20.031

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.943

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.903

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.175

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.023

And I start the computer 1.041

And the computer boots Tails 58.526

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.136

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.618

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.609

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.916

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.288

When the network is plugged 0.091

And I successfully configure Tor 52.241

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.454

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:5.833

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 9.489

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.227

And all notifications have disappeared 4.443

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.123

And the network is plugged 0.077

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.391

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.688

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.683

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.131

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.350

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.240

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.027

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.588

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.160

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.485

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:5.268

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 11.167

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.250

And all notifications have disappeared 5.050

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.091

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.085

# 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 4.760

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.189

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.067

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.030

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.587

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.527

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.233

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.990

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.668

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.183

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.377

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.395

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.833

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.917

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.168

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.216

And the network is plugged 0.150

And Tor is ready 12.764

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.611

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 0.497

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.902

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	9:14.568	Passed

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