Cucumber Reports (no 5711) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5711	11 Jun 2025, 20:28

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:51.131	Passed

26.403

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.990

When the network is plugged 0.248

And I successfully configure Tor 17.064

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.099

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.439

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.748

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.702

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:513 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.302

When the network is plugged 0.184

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.638

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.133

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.383

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.876

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.083

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 9.922

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.325

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.597

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.955

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.543

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.102

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 0.554

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.752

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:35.528

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.252

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.306

And I warm reboot the computer 0.024

And the computer reboots Tails 1:24.882

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.130

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:38.077

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.988

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.105

And I warm reboot the computer 0.019

And the computer reboots Tails 1:25.906

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.130

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.742

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.222

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.036

And I start the computer 1.042

And the computer boots Tails 1:2.351

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.089

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.763

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.356

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.249

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.157

When the network is plugged 0.098

And I successfully configure Tor 22.763

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.410

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:6.031

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.305

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.360

And all notifications have disappeared 5.458

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.135

And the network is plugged 0.101

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.269

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.263

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.266

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.862

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.330

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.786

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.486

# 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 0.319

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.024

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.996

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:513 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.777

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.322

And all notifications have disappeared 4.623

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.083

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.005

# 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 4.426

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.787

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.535

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.275

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.440

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.139

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.638

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.448

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.475

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.209

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 8.535

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

And the network is plugged 0.088

And Tor is ready 12.828

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.585

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 0.480

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.252

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	8:51.131	Passed

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