Cucumber Reports (no 8) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	8	02 Jun 2026, 20:10

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:4.621	Passed

20.121

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.549

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.514

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.591

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 6.820

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.957

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.666

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.077

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.633

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.816

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.228

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.898

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.116

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.301

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.967

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.448

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 6.507

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.291

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 47.694

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.945

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.733

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.178

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.475

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.702

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.130

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.862

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.275

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.061

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

And I start the computer 0.742

And the computer boots Tails 34.137

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 1.324

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.124

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.443

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.804

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 17.486

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.728

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 6.492

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.200

And all notifications have disappeared 3.569

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.094

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.424

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.623

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.256

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.075

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.704

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.479

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.211

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.341

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.088

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.873

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.370

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.925

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.300

And all notifications have disappeared 3.471

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.198

# 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 4.406

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.521

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.721

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" 0.242

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.066

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.389

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.303

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.830

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.885

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.113

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 7.433

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.370

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.004

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.681

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	6:4.621	Passed

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