Cucumber Reports (no 5704) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5704	10 Jun 2025, 13:15

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:50.038	Passed

25.876

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.003

When the network is plugged 0.273

And I successfully configure Tor 16.539

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.428

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.672

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.598

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 8.458

When the network is plugged 0.710

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.093

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 14.157

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.075

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.102

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.675

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.917

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 8.754

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.447

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.115

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.518

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.561

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.863

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.086

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.567

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.305

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.732

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:36.166

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.899

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.298

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:26.126

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.826

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:35.908

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.890

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.043

And I warm reboot the computer 0.019

And the computer reboots Tails 1:24.697

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.258

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.913

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.170

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.273

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.043

And I start the computer 1.185

And the computer boots Tails 1:1.573

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.095

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.737

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.223

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 9.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.166

When the network is plugged 0.515

And I successfully configure Tor 22.484

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.348

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:7.336

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 8.792

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.340

And all notifications have disappeared 4.430

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.118

And the network is plugged 0.218

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.979

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.879

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.246

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" 14.987

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.304

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.268

Then I wait until Tor is ready 8.295

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.680

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.109

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.386

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.327

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.351

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.541

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.112

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.283

And all notifications have disappeared 4.554

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.118

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.535

# 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 4.539

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.934

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.156

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.501

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.481

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.763

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.635

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.431

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.312

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.297

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:513 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.725

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.166

And the network is plugged 0.093

And Tor is ready 12.707

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.598

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 0.454

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.630

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	8:50.038	Passed

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