Cucumber Reports (no 39) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	39	26 Jun 2026, 20:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:59.399	Passed

19.116

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.502

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 12.535

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.130

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.479

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.243

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.230

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.111

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.063

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.480

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.171

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.521

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.919

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.465

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.444

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.621

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.747

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.258

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 47.811

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.795

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.814

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.527

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.279

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 47.382

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.620

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.387

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.056

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.761

And the computer boots Tails 33.281

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.279

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.608

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.674

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.076

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 17.783

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.870

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.454

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 3.872

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.047

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.194

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.538

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.897

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.259

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.517

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.071

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.415

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.398

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.577

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.464

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.053

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.295

# 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 4.210

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.309

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.459

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.333

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.392

# "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" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.381

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.289

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.387

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.809

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.082

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.120

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.353

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649

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	5:59.399	Passed

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