Cucumber Reports (no 5724) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5724	18 Jun 2025, 21:01

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:29.755	Passed

40.636

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.623

When the network is plugged 13.645

And I successfully configure Tor 18.304

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.399

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.586

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.757

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.659

When the network is plugged 0.076

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.665

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.948

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.321

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.085

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.422

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.335

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.373

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.230

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 5.012

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 15.322

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.422

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 2.666

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.102

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:40.015

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.295

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.583

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 1:29.766

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.351

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:35.705

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.373

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.255

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:24.205

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.857

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 1.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.022

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:7.505

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.322

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.028

And I start the computer 1.337

And the computer boots Tails 1:5.722

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.094

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.624

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.803

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.488

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 4.365

When the network is plugged 0.301

And I successfully configure Tor 23.542

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.105

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.507

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.848

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:6.662

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.632

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.379

And all notifications have disappeared 6.622

And I capture all network traffic 0.014

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.125

And the network is plugged 0.202

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.434

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.980

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.560

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.271

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.319

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.279

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.837

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.667

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.128

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.405

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.001

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:8.633

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 11.787

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.342

And all notifications have disappeared 4.450

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.176

# 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 5.493

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.253

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.115

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.761

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.560

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.484

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

Then I wait until Tor is ready 8.353

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.863

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.100

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.651

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.951

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.612

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.706

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.155

And the network is plugged 0.078

And Tor is ready 13.158

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.509

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 0.416

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.019

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	9:29.755	Passed

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