Cucumber Reports (no 5486) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5486	03 Mar 2025, 13:00

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:20.402	Passed

25.240

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:511 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.379

When the network is plugged 0.239

And I successfully configure Tor 16.574

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.755

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.300

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:511 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.279

When the network is plugged 0.109

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.948

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 14.019

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.887

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.732

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.026

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:511 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.053

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.384

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.103

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.082

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 15.865

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.681

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 0.777

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.121

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:28.391

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:511 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.579

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.391

And I warm reboot the computer 0.027

And the computer reboots Tails 1:19.111

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.281

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.458

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:29.401

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:511 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.939

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.466

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:17.516

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.466

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.127

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.690

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.527

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:511 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.167

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 1.005

And the computer boots Tails 56.153

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.176

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.769

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.673

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:511 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.442

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.186

When the network is plugged 0.082

And I successfully configure Tor 22.918

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.323

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:2.366

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:511 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.252

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.255

And all notifications have disappeared 4.097

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.121

And the network is plugged 0.085

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.877

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.377

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.408

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.852

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.207

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.173

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.824

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.469

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.199

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.627

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.951

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:511 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.458

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.347

And all notifications have disappeared 4.116

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.080

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.147

# 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 5.827

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.200

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.815

# 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 0.202

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.419

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.259

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.444

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.381

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.650

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.522

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:511 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.269

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.186

And the network is plugged 0.064

And Tor is ready 12.314

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.680

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:519 0.454

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.675

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	8:20.402	Passed

Feature Report