Cucumber Reports (no 36) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	36	23 Jun 2026, 19:59

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:54.740	Passed

18.827

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.620

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 12.146

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.448

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.593

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.047

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.582

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.172

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.855

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.513

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.178

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.174

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.395

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.134

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 0.387

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.112

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 6.468

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.223

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.744

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.671

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.804

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 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.652

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.160

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.093

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.893

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.321

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.720

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.055

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

And I start the computer 0.791

And the computer boots Tails 32.820

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.351

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 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.519

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 17.657

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.351

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 6.714

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162

And all notifications have disappeared 3.641

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.072

And the network is plugged 0.012

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.624

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.800

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.881

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.308

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.394

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.125

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.960

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.398

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.670

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 6.705

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.773

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.625

# 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 4.411

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.189

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.668

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.650

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.410

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.235

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.986

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.364

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.263

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.597

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 6.672

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.120

And the network is plugged 0.037

And Tor is ready 8.365

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.396

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 0.378

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 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	5:54.740	Passed

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