Cucumber Reports (no 30) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	30	16 Jun 2026, 20:14

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:24.103	Passed

21.007

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.034

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.397

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 13.537

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.239

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.165

When the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.532

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.349

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.112

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.046

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 0.033

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.026

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.221

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.217

And I capture all network traffic 0.035

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.367

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.188

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.513

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.408

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.335

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 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.364

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.306

And I warm reboot the computer 0.021

And the computer reboots Tails 51.180

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.462

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.087

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.600

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 0.038

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.036

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.660

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.941

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.219

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.774

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.203

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 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.032

Steps

Given a computer 0.256

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.035

And I start the computer 0.839

And the computer boots Tails 36.547

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.525

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.141

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.041

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.884

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 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.051

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.631

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 0.140

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.048

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.468

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 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.034

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.415

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.334

And all notifications have disappeared 3.558

And I capture all network traffic 0.030

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.347

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.777

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.282

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.180

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.427

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.454

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.025

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.370

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.612

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 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.999

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.286

And all notifications have disappeared 3.820

And I capture all network traffic 0.028

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.464

# 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 4.289

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.475

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.771

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.455

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.355

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.518

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.445

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.287

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.704

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 0.031

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.277

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.165

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 9.677

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.501

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 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.493

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	6:24.103	Passed

Feature Report