Cucumber Reports (no 27) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	27	13 Jun 2026, 20:00

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:57.151	Passed

20.294

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.013

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 13.226

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.843

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.098

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.802

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.919

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.957

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.550

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.977

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.186

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.192

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.646

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.146

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.306

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.664

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.883

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.228

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 44.840

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.706

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.854

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.944

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.920

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 44.895

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.088

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.632

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given a computer 0.185

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.030

And I start the computer 0.813

And the computer boots Tails 31.245

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.358

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.003

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 0.032

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.885

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.129

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.936

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.669

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.905

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.228

And all notifications have disappeared 3.594

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.150

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.487

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.216

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.866

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.220

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.394

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.072

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.279

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.075

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.896

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.183

And all notifications have disappeared 3.781

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.174

# 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 3.952

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.260

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.434

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.711

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.418

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.318

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.128

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.378

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.235

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.564

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.932

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.146

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.127

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.316

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 0.022

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.331

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975

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	5:57.151	Passed

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