Cucumber Reports (no 11) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	11	02 Jun 2026, 20:53

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:31.402	Passed

21.175

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.080

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 14.037

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.299

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.897

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.777

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 7.070

When the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.310

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.947

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.371

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.989

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.167

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.047

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.356

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.050

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.529

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.679

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.155

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.301

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.082

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.941

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.792

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.250

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 52.931

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.958

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.061

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.840

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.129

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.705

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.623

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.376

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.872

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.956

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.102

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.018

And I start the computer 1.053

And the computer boots Tails 37.453

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.329

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.853

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.755

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

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 18.949

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.359

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.947

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.207

And all notifications have disappeared 3.748

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.050

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.786

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.745

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.345

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.084

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.999

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.481

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.263

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.433

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.989

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.793

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.222

And all notifications have disappeared 3.788

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.829

# 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 4.357

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.705

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.922

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.455

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.301

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.458

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.433

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.283

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.318

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.340

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.138

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.108

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 9.636

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.437

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:531 0.361

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.160

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:31.402	Passed

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