Cucumber Reports (no 5702) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5702	08 Jun 2025, 12:32

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:38.334	Passed

26.677

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:513 0.002

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 1.054

And I successfully configure Tor 16.942

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.107

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.376

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.938

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.839

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 9.239

When the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.277

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.351

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.853

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.769

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.276

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.216

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.274

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.095

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.062

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.817

And I wait until Tor is ready 33.100

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.630

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.359

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.685

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:23.412

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:513 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.608

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.321

And I warm reboot the computer 0.019

And the computer reboots Tails 1:13.782

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.680

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:25.170

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 8.554

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.615

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 1:14.128

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.855

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.124

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.676

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.104

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.177

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

And I start the computer 0.963

And the computer boots Tails 56.861

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.957

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.415

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.329

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.183

When the network is plugged 0.088

And I successfully configure Tor 22.704

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.109

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.402

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.813

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.471

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 8.338

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.364

And all notifications have disappeared 4.189

And I capture all network traffic 0.010

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.143

And the network is plugged 0.060

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.046

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.194

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.202

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.050

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.037

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.266

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.176

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.813

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.526

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.637

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.102

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.181

And all notifications have disappeared 4.449

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.034

# 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 4.281

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.813

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.930

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.307

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.346

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.951

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.476

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.292

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.867

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.328

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 8.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.165

And the network is plugged 0.074

And Tor is ready 12.627

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.455

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 0.454

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.671

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	8:38.334	Passed

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