Cucumber Reports (no 32) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	32	19 Jun 2026, 20:07

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:7.621	Passed

20.394

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 7.146

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 13.181

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.680

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.095

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.739

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.415

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.363

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.291

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.831

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.158

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.293

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.191

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.373

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.364

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.136

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.773

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.210

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.140

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.843

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 0.029

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.047

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.816

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.222

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.751

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.877

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 0.019

Steps

Given a computer 0.195

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

And I start the computer 0.783

And the computer boots Tails 32.798

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.091

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.307

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.267

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.134

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.853

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.006

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 0.031

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.041

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.947

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162

And all notifications have disappeared 3.648

And I capture all network traffic 0.046

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.193

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.709

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.252

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.988

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.853

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.419

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.146

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.340

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.047

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.205

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.187

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.273

And all notifications have disappeared 3.471

And I capture all network traffic 0.042

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.194

# 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 4.555

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.257

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.561

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.816

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.522

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.296

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.231

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.336

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.267

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.877

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 0.041

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.032

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.147

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 7.281

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.375

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 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.286

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	6:7.621	Passed

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