Cucumber Reports (no 44) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	44	01 Jul 2026, 20:08

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:8.117	Passed

19.626

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.762

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 12.787

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.342

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.805

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 6.811

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.578

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.038

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.309

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.907

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.904

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.226

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.911

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.258

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.084

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.083

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.419

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.184

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.066

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.345

And I warm reboot the computer 0.040

And the computer reboots Tails 48.626

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.105

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.822

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.855

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.971

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.966

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.023

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.331

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.063

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.734

And the computer boots Tails 33.477

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.756

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 6.597

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.084

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.027

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.311

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.913

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 7.120

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.185

And all notifications have disappeared 3.767

And I capture all network traffic 0.038

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.012

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.203

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.494

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.313

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.805

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.902

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.452

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.918

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.489

# 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 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.817

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 6.835

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.250

And all notifications have disappeared 3.585

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.415

# 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 4.173

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.198

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.493

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.791

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.452

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.295

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.138

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.297

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.477

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.320

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.951

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 6.547

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.084

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 8.903

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.392

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 0.322

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.068

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	6:8.117	Passed

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