Cucumber Reports (no 15) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	15	06 Jun 2026, 19:53

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:47.488	Passed

18.296

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.362

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 11.872

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.605

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 6.384

When the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.799

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.051

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.321

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.132

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.008

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.443

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 6.437

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.175

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.877

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.654

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.015

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.225

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.592

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.187

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 6.539

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.182

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 45.623

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.833

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.921

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.972

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 6.362

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.609

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 45.435

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.557

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.795

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 0.729

And the computer boots Tails 31.964

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.203

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.525

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.068

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.528

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.829

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.479

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 6.503

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148

And all notifications have disappeared 3.227

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.647

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.755

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.617

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.664

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.367

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.892

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.228

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.160

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.627

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.745

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 6.555

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.135

And all notifications have disappeared 3.367

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.836

# 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 4.065

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.194

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" 15.816

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.399

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.261

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.224

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.251

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.834

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.760

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 6.385

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092

And the network is plugged 0.040

And Tor is ready 7.928

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.309

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.784

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	5:47.488	Passed

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