Cucumber Reports (no 20) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	20	12 May 2026, 14:33

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:22.807	Passed

19.895

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 0.006

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 13.305

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.294

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.837

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 6.678

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.346

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.540

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.209

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.551

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.637

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.213

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.294

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.715

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.198

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.423

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.013

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.861

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 6.938

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.219

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 54.835

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.861

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.785

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.100

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.457

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.658

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 53.665

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.312

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.075

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.064

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.043

And I start the computer 0.808

And the computer boots Tails 35.812

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.345

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.608

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.910

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.862

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.095

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.884

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.305

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 6.534

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.232

And all notifications have disappeared 3.435

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.383

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.754

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.290

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.716

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.307

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.574

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.259

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.303

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.348

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.805

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.271

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 6.680

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.197

And all notifications have disappeared 3.413

And I capture all network traffic 0.012

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.417

# 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 4.157

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.531

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.865

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.389

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.246

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.284

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.305

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.329

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.880

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.996

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.863

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 7.603

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.423

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 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.310

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	6:22.807	Passed

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