Cucumber Reports (no 3) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	3	30 May 2026, 19:47

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:57.598	Passed

19.111

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 6.429

When the network is plugged 0.043

And I successfully configure Tor 12.599

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.871

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.156

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 6.445

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.005

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.561

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.091

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.137

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.049

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.624

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.139

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.838

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.015

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.136

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.238

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.090

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 6.486

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.198

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.174

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.225

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.549

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.316

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 6.549

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.770

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.109

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.881

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.908

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.858

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 0.046

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.688

And the computer boots Tails 32.070

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.721

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.532

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.066

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 23.076

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.376

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 6.476

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.145

And all notifications have disappeared 3.289

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.050

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.940

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.561

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.798

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.217

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.375

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.132

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.914

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.190

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.710

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.653

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.471

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146

And all notifications have disappeared 3.286

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.694

# 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 4.365

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.427

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.806

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.330

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.232

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.015

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.269

# 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" 0.239

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.266

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.508

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.065

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 8.344

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.330

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 0.298

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.698

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	5:57.598	Passed

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