Cucumber Reports (no 43) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	43	30 Jun 2026, 20:02

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:58.282	Passed

19.823

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.675

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 13.092

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.438

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.981

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.569

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.272

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.066

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.982

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.036

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.881

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.521

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.177

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.275

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.329

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.009

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.472

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.895

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 6.559

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.181

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 46.495

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.652

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.144

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.721

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.424

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 46.419

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.574

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.061

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.849

And the computer boots Tails 33.056

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.864

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.704

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.091

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 18.008

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.206

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 6.516

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.225

And all notifications have disappeared 3.739

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.167

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.498

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.257

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.738

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.792

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.468

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.107

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.453

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.059

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 6.873

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.230

And all notifications have disappeared 4.082

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.152

# 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 4.456

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.301

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.757

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.787

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.369

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.312

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.869

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.388

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.253

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.403

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.567

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 8.259

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.465

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.106

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	5:58.282	Passed

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