Cucumber Reports (no 26) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	26	12 Jun 2026, 20:00

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:52.666	Passed

19.638

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.900

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 12.676

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.801

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.795

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.765

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.968

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.214

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.119

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.788

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.180

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.959

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.658

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.135

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.326

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.670

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.036

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.798

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 44.719

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.964

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.929

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.730

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.200

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 45.162

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.829

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.706

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given a computer 0.138

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.023

And I start the computer 0.777

And the computer boots Tails 32.483

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.283

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.311

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.809

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.173

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 17.266

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.296

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.507

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.752

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.177

And all notifications have disappeared 3.556

And I capture all network traffic 0.034

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.171

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.544

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.191

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.815

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.214

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.339

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.089

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.148

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.351

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.736

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.639

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 3.707

And I capture all network traffic 0.026

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.168

# 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 3.947

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.252

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.515

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.877

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.320

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.228

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.100

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.347

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.242

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.245

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.798

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.142

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 6.937

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.322

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 0.020

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 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	5:52.666	Passed

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