Cucumber Reports (no 6) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	6	02 Jun 2026, 15:02

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:5.819	Passed

20.042

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.793

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 13.177

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.693

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.742

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.356

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.250

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.274

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.140

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.893

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.357

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 6.643

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.161

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.838

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.007

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.325

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.306

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.923

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.205

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.609

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.182

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 49.972

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.429

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.982

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.895

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.757

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.139

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 48.486

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.502

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.281

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.088

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

And I start the computer 0.783

And the computer boots Tails 34.071

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.329

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.409

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.145

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.101

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 19.086

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.750

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.108

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148

And all notifications have disappeared 3.498

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

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 2.228

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.748

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.232

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.930

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.716

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.390

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.098

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.000

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.307

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.977

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.245

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.596

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.301

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.221

# 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 4.216

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.596

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

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

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.399

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.335

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.273

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.306

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.833

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.578

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 7.031

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.083

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.019

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.424

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 0.327

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.933

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	6:5.819	Passed

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