Cucumber Reports (no 5748) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5748	29 Jun 2025, 10:02

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	9:21.854	Passed

37.065

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.016

When the network is plugged 10.620

And I successfully configure Tor 16.362

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.691

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.408

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.780

When the network is plugged 0.174

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.567

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.803

And I wait until Tor is ready 4.022

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.248

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 0.013

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.032

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.268

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.264

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.287

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.237

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 15.709

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.892

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.535

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.297

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.676

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:27.848

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.713

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.295

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 1:18.362

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.460

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.739

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:59.104

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 24.014

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.054

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 1:32.402

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.618

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.020

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.260

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.030

And I start the computer 1.167

And the computer boots Tails 1:2.350

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.212

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.119

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.729

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.145

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.024

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.808

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.208

When the network is plugged 0.095

And I successfully configure Tor 23.954

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.552

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:8.447

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.062

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.423

And all notifications have disappeared 4.847

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.153

And the network is plugged 0.092

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.940

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.641

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.233

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.938

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.192

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.494

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.499

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.242

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.602

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.343

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:1.438

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:507 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.325

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.427

And all notifications have disappeared 4.444

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.077

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.871

# 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 4.535

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.819

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.047

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.358

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.641

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.186

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.404

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.534

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.507

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.434

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.915

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.126

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:507 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.669

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.234

And the network is plugged 0.086

And Tor is ready 15.417

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.713

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 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.830

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	9:21.854	Passed

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