Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	1	28 May 2026, 16:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:11.790	Passed

20.071

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.712

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.278

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.325

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.661

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.364

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.142

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.100

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.890

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.692

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.026

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.637

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.207

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.931

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 16.143

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.333

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.372

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.244

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.786

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.200

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 49.652

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.597

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.097

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.014

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.853

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.925

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.945

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 49.600

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.373

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.106

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.645

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.084

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.754

And the computer boots Tails 34.362

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.436

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.847

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.722

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.969

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.713

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.879

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.530

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.170

And all notifications have disappeared 3.648

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.132

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.277

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.733

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.216

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.062

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.881

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.386

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.132

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.294

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.321

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.081

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.187

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.677

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.181

And all notifications have disappeared 3.698

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.342

# 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 4.268

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.251

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.525

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.733

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.427

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.266

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.104

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.266

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.240

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.044

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.677

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.111

And the network is plugged 0.030

And Tor is ready 8.753

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.468

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.953

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:11.790	Passed

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