Cucumber Reports (no 33) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	33	20 Jun 2026, 20:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:58.531	Passed

20.407

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 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.113

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 13.234

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.857

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.953

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.318

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.450

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.076

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.320

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 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.778

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.222

And I capture all network traffic 0.025

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.301

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.581

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.018

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.322

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.450

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.009

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.204

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 46.249

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.979

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.103

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 0.032

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.032

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.995

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.106

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 46.982

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.013

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.021

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given a computer 0.184

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.026

And I start the computer 0.867

And the computer boots Tails 32.892

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.620

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 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.057

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

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.348

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.003

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 0.030

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.030

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.783

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 3.478

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 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.297

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.571

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.206

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.862

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.751

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.392

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.896

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.353

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.067

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 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.806

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 3.473

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.208

# 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 4.104

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.229

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.486

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.191

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.343

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.235

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.301

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.278

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.679

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.845

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.163

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 7.285

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.340

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 0.020

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.326

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766

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	5:58.531	Passed

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