Cucumber Reports (no 22) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	22	09 Jun 2026, 19:01

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:2.044	Passed

18.880

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.036

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.826

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 11.996

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.031

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 6.866

When the network is plugged 0.137

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.268

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.427

And I wait until Tor is ready 4.292

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.043

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.450

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 6.641

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.176

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.816

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.281

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.103

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.349

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.699

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.606

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.536

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.253

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 46.836

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.972

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.499

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.412

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 6.694

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.722

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 46.874

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.116

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.617

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 0.051

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

And I start the computer 0.775

And the computer boots Tails 33.493

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.288

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.035

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.436

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 6.529

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.758

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.355

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.606

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.318

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.042

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.196

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.658

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.277

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.016

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.322

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.343

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.936

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.294

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.857

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.637

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.574

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.458

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.604

# 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 4.457

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.212

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.561

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.281

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.396

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.299

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.985

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.190

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.276

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.137

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.957

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.616

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 6.681

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.061

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 7.463

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.389

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 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.935

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	6:2.044	Passed

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