Cucumber Reports (no 5717) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5717	16 Jun 2025, 16:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	10:35.769	Passed

1:7.608

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.943

When the network is plugged 10.717

And I successfully configure Tor 46.865

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.082

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.634

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.718

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.848

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.505

When the network is plugged 0.075

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.522

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 14.140

And I wait until Tor is ready 4.544

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.426

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.993

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.915

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 0.031

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.767

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.271

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 1.329

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 6.396

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.765

And I wait until Tor is ready 6.577

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.726

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:43.607

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.587

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.342

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 1:32.547

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.111

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:50.608

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 19.524

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.077

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 1:28.077

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.911

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.439

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:10.803

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.297

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.034

And I start the computer 1.322

And the computer boots Tails 1:9.033

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.115

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.861

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.997

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.143

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.204

When the network is plugged 0.091

And I successfully configure Tor 23.446

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.110

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.380

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:14.781

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.387

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.431

And all notifications have disappeared 4.944

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.139

And the network is plugged 0.169

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.280

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 9.090

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 17.336

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.346

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.602

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.241

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.951

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.547

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.311

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.659

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.104

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.846

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.252

And all notifications have disappeared 4.528

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.104

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.189

# 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 4.399

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.323

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.984

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.175

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.593

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.413

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.166

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.869

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.570

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.610

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.350

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.494

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 14.408

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.152

And the network is plugged 0.380

And Tor is ready 17.075

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.472

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:515 0.343

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.636

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	10:35.769	Passed

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