Cucumber Reports (no 28) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	28	14 Jun 2026, 20:01

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:55.443	Passed

18.836

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 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.747

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 12.030

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.161

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.028

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.781

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.305

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.964

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.051

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.509

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.844

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.218

And I capture all network traffic 0.024

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.481

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.579

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.967

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.321

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 1.004

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.715

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.978

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 45.843

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.556

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.986

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.879

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.120

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.235

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.746

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.420

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given a computer 0.149

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 0.854

And the computer boots Tails 31.344

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.564

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.912

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.141

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 17.458

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.036

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.770

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.163

And all notifications have disappeared 3.561

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.050

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.233

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.636

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.673

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.682

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.403

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.073

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.367

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.043

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.518

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.852

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.258

And all notifications have disappeared 3.613

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.143

# 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 4.026

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.470

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.685

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.354

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.246

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.958

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.255

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.264

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.322

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.693

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 0.036

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.019

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.195

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 7.090

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.003

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.339

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 0.023

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740

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	5:55.443	Passed

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