Cucumber Reports (no 27) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	27	14 May 2026, 14:17

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:18.749	Passed

20.321

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.659

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 13.596

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.672

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.205

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 6.670

When the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.338

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.093

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.994

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.880

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.374

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.853

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.226

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.480

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.426

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.041

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.268

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.700

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.670

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 6.462

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.213

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 54.396

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.589

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.983

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.881

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 6.891

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.997

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.555

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.431

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.599

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 0.056

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.760

And the computer boots Tails 35.465

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.514

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.600

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 6.725

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.744

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.988

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.679

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184

And all notifications have disappeared 3.423

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.241

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.678

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.307

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.012

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.878

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.479

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.484

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.326

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.247

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.931

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.217

And all notifications have disappeared 3.581

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.162

# 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 4.133

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.234

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.476

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.943

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.515

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.259

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.105

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.242

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.245

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.859

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 7.036

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 8.353

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.374

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:531 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.686

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	6:18.749	Passed

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