Cucumber Reports (no 5652) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5652	17 May 2025, 08:55

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:43.972	Passed

25.670

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.248

When the network is plugged 0.251

And I successfully configure Tor 17.096

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.353

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

41.066

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 20.737

When the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.549

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.070

And I wait until Tor is ready 4.587

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.736

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.742

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.264

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.081

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.593

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.698

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.784

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.513

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.715

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:27.830

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:513 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.013

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.255

And I warm reboot the computer 0.024

And the computer reboots Tails 1:18.908

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.629

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.645

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:30.196

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.199

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.003

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:19.167

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.811

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.132

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.056

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:6.208

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.206

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

And I start the computer 0.993

And the computer boots Tails 1:4.811

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.172

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.113

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.642

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.033

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:513 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.971

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.308

When the network is plugged 0.060

And I successfully configure Tor 21.595

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.097

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.422

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.885

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:7.043

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:513 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.546

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.456

And all notifications have disappeared 4.975

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.151

And the network is plugged 0.243

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.720

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.454

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.482

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.312

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.949

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.268

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.737

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.531

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.317

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.446

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:513 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.041

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.234

And all notifications have disappeared 3.720

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.069

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.566

# 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 4.240

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.185

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.748

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.967

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.321

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.406

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.159

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.917

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.487

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.328

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.316

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.738

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:513 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.997

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.223

And the network is plugged 0.082

And Tor is ready 14.921

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.510

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:521 0.403

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.611

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	8:43.972	Passed

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