Cucumber Reports (no 4) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	4	31 May 2026, 19:52

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:6.709	Passed

19.083

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.682

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 12.298

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.388

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.812

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.133

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.663

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.529

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.594

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.284

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.289

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.575

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.196

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.133

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.002

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.091

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.228

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.066

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.509

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.264

And I warm reboot the computer 0.025

And the computer reboots Tails 49.472

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.794

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.536

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.347

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.710

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.636

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.643

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.349

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.970

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.500

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.106

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.764

And the computer boots Tails 33.572

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.623

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.413

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.665

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.140

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 18.537

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.279

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.630

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.196

And all notifications have disappeared 3.509

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.114

And the network is plugged 0.050

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.422

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.604

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.254

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.684

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.346

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.536

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.214

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.357

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.249

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.106

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.847

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.919

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.628

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.202

And all notifications have disappeared 3.495

And I capture all network traffic 0.010

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.182

# 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 4.332

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.269

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.426

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.771

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.384

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.247

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.247

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.256

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.252

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.810

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.676

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.580

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.078

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.609

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.389

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.919

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:6.709	Passed

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