Cucumber Reports (no 29) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	29	16 May 2026, 14:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:12.824	Passed

18.916

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 6.530

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 12.289

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.269

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 6.489

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.773

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.934

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.016

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.850

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.739

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 6.525

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.312

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.191

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.085

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.263

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 0.289

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.871

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.913

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 6.701

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.238

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 53.974

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.980

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.075

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.842

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.231

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 53.027

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.959

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.795

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.936

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.052

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.785

And the computer boots Tails 33.806

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.281

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.719

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.422

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 6.635

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.084

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.642

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.657

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.497

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 6.492

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.154

And all notifications have disappeared 3.278

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 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.210

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.580

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.764

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.757

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.464

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.007

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.291

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.703

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.522

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.186

And all notifications have disappeared 3.265

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.618

# 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 4.512

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.284

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.479

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.178

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.395

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.341

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.232

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.244

# 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" 0.260

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.348

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 6.497

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.098

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 8.382

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.352

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 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.641

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	6:12.824	Passed

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