Cucumber Reports (no 14) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	14	05 Jun 2026, 19:50

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:51.923	Passed

19.478

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.428

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 12.990

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.544

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.807

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.438

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.333

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.730

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.241

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.129

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.945

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.446

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.177

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.222

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.887

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.892

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.250

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.158

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.743

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 6.510

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.204

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 46.068

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.954

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.061

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.868

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.000

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.352

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.642

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 46.023

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.976

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.619

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.651

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 0.045

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.695

And the computer boots Tails 31.860

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.009

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.113

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.459

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.096

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 17.487

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.928

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 6.354

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.159

And all notifications have disappeared 3.386

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.086

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.192

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.529

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.608

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.620

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.348

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.092

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.951

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 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.728

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.284

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.442

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 3.347

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.199

# 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 3.911

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.206

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.433

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.173

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.468

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.243

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.986

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.263

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.268

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.970

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 6.454

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.120

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 7.046

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.328

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 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.036

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	5:51.923	Passed

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