Cucumber Reports (no 5697) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	5697	03 Jun 2025, 18:44

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	8:39.531	Passed

41.882

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 8.319

When the network is plugged 0.211

And I successfully configure Tor 33.299

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.398

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.617

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.769

When the network is plugged 0.080

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.474

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 13.295

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.943

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.599

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 9.040

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.456

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.076

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.755

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.821

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.849

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.521

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 0.630

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:29.627

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:513 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.167

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.282

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 1:20.416

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.742

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:26.223

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.039

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.189

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 1:16.052

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.926

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.645

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.509

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 0.163

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.035

And I start the computer 1.068

And the computer boots Tails 58.137

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.104

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.103

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.592

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.541

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.013

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.185

When the network is plugged 0.071

And I successfully configure Tor 23.152

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.118

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.438

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.791

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.478

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 8.904

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.236

And all notifications have disappeared 4.532

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.111

And the network is plugged 0.160

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.028

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.240

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.193

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.161

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.841

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.234

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.191

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.738

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.803

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.096

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.426

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.604

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:513 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.707

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.244

And all notifications have disappeared 4.532

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.081

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.097

# 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 4.983

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.198

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.734

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.041

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.238

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.410

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.192

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.188

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.525

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.087

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.337

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.670

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.447

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:513 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.670

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.196

And the network is plugged 0.080

And Tor is ready 13.983

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 0.007

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:521 0.438

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.631

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	8:39.531	Passed

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