Cucumber Reports (no 19) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	19	12 May 2026, 13:02

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:13.696	Passed

19.567

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.595

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 12.903

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.513

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 6.604

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.773

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.839

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.236

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.619

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.736

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.613

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.187

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.149

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.006

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.487

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.229

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.333

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.619

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.292

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.755

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.661

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.837

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.084

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.696

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.385

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 52.458

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.538

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.061

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.953

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.062

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

And I start the computer 0.769

And the computer boots Tails 33.821

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.291

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.693

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.515

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.096

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 18.026

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.991

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.003

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.961

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.845

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 3.458

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

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 1.633

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.986

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.203

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.976

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.773

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.470

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.963

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.213

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.722

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.014

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.557

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.142

And all notifications have disappeared 3.478

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.266

# 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 3.957

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.214

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.569

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.857

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.593

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.384

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.140

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.132

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.284

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.360

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.339

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.837

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 6.580

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.117

And the network is plugged 0.022

And Tor is ready 8.720

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 0.002

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.738

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	6:13.696	Passed

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