Cucumber Reports (no 31) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	31	18 Jun 2026, 20:12

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:10.025	Passed

19.517

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 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.088

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.366

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.541

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 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.181

When the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.309

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.718

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.253

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.205

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 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.315

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.188

And I capture all network traffic 0.020

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.346

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.119

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.739

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.403

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.877

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 0.052

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.150

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.238

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.916

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.565

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.831

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 0.030

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.039

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.228

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.608

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 49.048

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.934

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.086

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.247

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 0.031

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given a computer 0.187

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 0.761

And the computer boots Tails 34.875

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.395

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.202

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 0.047

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.563

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 0.132

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 18.433

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.048

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 7.126

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.155

And all notifications have disappeared 3.456

And I capture all network traffic 0.024

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.087

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.219

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.750

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.230

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.079

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.763

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.378

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.249

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.313

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.154

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.055

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.154

And all notifications have disappeared 3.413

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.268

# 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 4.184

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.224

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.546

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.712

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.453

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.226

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.115

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.339

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.260

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.399

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 0.042

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.047

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.408

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.200

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.286

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.462

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 0.021

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.294

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.072

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	6:10.025	Passed

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