Cucumber Reports (no 5696) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5696	03 Jun 2025, 13:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:49.301	Passed

24.305

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.027

When the network is plugged 0.251

And I successfully configure Tor 15.954

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.141

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 7.982

When the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.498

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.011

And I wait until Tor is ready 32.525

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.346

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.622

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.894

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:513 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.029

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.242

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.236

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.537

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.359

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.962

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.463

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.668

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:34.619

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.138

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.250

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.239

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.974

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.675

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:51.176

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.728

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.445

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:40.283

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.704

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.141

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.665

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.551

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.173

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 1.045

And the computer boots Tails 59.191

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.117

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.465

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:513 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.613

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.215

When the network is plugged 0.091

And I successfully configure Tor 23.475

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.330

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.662

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:26.234

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:513 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.352

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.262

And all notifications have disappeared 4.431

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.135

And the network is plugged 0.109

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.977

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.822

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.233

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.201

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.835

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.416

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.190

Then I wait until Tor is ready 28.504

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.702

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.426

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.762

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 12.204

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.464

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.087

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.467

# 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 4.753

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.194

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" 14.922

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.496

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.426

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.242

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.599

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.461

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.375

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.928

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.150

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.654

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.206

And the network is plugged 0.065

And Tor is ready 17.459

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.004

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.753

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.481

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.704

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	9:49.301	Passed

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