Cucumber Reports (no 19) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	19	08 Jun 2026, 19:58

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:16.613	Passed

20.878

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 7.141

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 13.662

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.728

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.128

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 6.668

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.103

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.942

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.335

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.990

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.862

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 6.656

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.286

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.169

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.879

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.488

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 0.297

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.379

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 6.610

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.331

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 49.806

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.622

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.061

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.651

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.436

And I warm reboot the computer 0.037

And the computer reboots Tails 50.183

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.751

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.630

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.045

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.054

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.706

And the computer boots Tails 34.970

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.302

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.616

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.627

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.092

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.843

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.937

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.845

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 6.720

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 1.239

And all notifications have disappeared 3.561

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.232

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.648

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.269

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.954

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.328

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.402

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.012

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.198

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.858

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.921

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 6.934

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.225

And all notifications have disappeared 3.529

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.377

# 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 4.312

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.490

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.772

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.746

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.350

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.183

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.141

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.280

# 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" 0.287

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.874

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.636

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.124

And the network is plugged 0.038

And Tor is ready 12.615

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.455

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 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.535

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	6:16.613	Passed

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