Cucumber Reports (no 34) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	34	21 Jun 2026, 20:20

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:22.027	Passed

20.545

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.220

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.258

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.944

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.428

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.331

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.394

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.716

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.312

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 0.041

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.055

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.223

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.211

And I capture all network traffic 0.026

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.335

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.910

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.156

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.365

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.643

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 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.035

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.300

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.249

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 50.238

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.845

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.060

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.643

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 0.047

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.169

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.472

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 51.227

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.764

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.060

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 0.073

Steps

Given a computer 0.211

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.028

And I start the computer 0.838

And the computer boots Tails 34.606

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.374

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.009

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.108

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.015

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.165

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.868

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.980

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 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.029

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.352

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184

And all notifications have disappeared 3.646

And I capture all network traffic 0.028

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.266

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.691

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.231

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.048

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.364

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.430

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.015

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.452

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.296

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.029

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.380

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.270

And all notifications have disappeared 3.658

And I capture all network traffic 0.023

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.263

# 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 4.198

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.283

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.588

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.935

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.463

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.270

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.198

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.330

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.259

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.493

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 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.117

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.159

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 8.699

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.444

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 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.328

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886

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	6:22.027	Passed

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