Cucumber Reports (no 21) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	21	12 May 2026, 15:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:38.615	Passed

20.172

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.171

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 12.929

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.426

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.024

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 6.998

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.345

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.216

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.388

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.645

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.920

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.171

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.804

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.255

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.119

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.311

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.664

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.814

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.281

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 56.046

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.507

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.550

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:7.350

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.640

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.708

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 57.456

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.792

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.103

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.017

And I start the computer 0.886

And the computer boots Tails 37.427

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.357

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.851

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.345

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.070

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

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 19.127

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.563

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 7.333

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.545

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.175

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.396

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.792

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.242

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.040

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.246

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.586

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.196

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.407

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.364

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.376

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.010

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.191

And all notifications have disappeared 3.667

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.449

# 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 4.272

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.541

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.992

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.432

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.325

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.245

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.501

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.671

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.678

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.518

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.080

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 9.574

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.474

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 0.009

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.886

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	6:38.615	Passed

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