Cucumber Reports (no 7) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	7	02 Jun 2026, 17:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:16.605	Passed

19.929

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.729

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 13.122

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.597

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.951

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.586

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.452

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.672

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.168

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.596

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.653

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.817

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.209

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.614

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.402

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.176

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.340

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.450

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.065

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 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.167

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.302

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 51.675

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.911

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.612

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.227

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 6.939

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.301

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 51.031

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.945

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.682

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.086

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.015

And I start the computer 1.054

And the computer boots Tails 36.195

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.330

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.026

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.302

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.999

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.133

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 19.098

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.294

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.535

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.453

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.061

And the network is plugged 0.149

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.307

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.697

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.232

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.033

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.676

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.528

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.237

# 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 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.879

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.459

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

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" 0.176

And all notifications have disappeared 3.608

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.171

# 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 4.479

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.211

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.488

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.982

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.388

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.245

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.930

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.322

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.382

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.037

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.813

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.086

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 7.710

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.404

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:531 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.124

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

	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	6:16.605	Passed

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