Cucumber Reports (no 55) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit	55	14 Jul 2026, 00:02

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:5.467	Passed

20.296

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.780

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 13.445

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.029

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.761

When the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.410

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.123

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.651

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.401

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 6.705

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.224

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.358

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.076

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.520

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.435

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.713

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.604

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.231

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.370

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.501

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.852

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.751

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.096

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 47.952

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.283

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.062

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

And I start the computer 0.783

And the computer boots Tails 34.116

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.310

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.382

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.635

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.089

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 19.590

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.189

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.684

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.193

And all notifications have disappeared 3.609

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.256

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.574

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.257

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.957

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.761

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.378

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.880

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.408

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.318

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 6.633

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.190

And all notifications have disappeared 3.308

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.170

# 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 3.991

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.471

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.779

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.367

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.229

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.395

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.266

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.999

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 6.566

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.108

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 6.913

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.390

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 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991

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	6:5.467	Passed

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