Cucumber Reports (no 24) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	24	13 May 2026, 19:48

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:3.001	Passed

19.996

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.404

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.533

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.971

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.552

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 6.495

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.477

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.395

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.125

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.524

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 6.463

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.147

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.339

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.117

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.072

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.321

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.054

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.191

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.473

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.217

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 46.235

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.255

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.902

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 6.466

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.437

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.631

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.360

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.721

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.893

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.056

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

And I start the computer 0.697

And the computer boots Tails 33.831

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.298

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.762

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.430

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 6.482

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.077

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.812

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.882

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 6.592

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.316

And all notifications have disappeared 3.655

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.816

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.990

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.259

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.963

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.349

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.379

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.103

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.232

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.684

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.537

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.151

And all notifications have disappeared 3.422

And I capture all network traffic 0.011

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.241

# 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 4.049

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.203

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.534

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.734

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.397

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.303

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.304

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.313

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.288

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.928

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.943

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 6.700

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.072

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.791

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.357

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.058

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	6:3.001	Passed

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