Cucumber Reports (no 30) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	30	17 May 2026, 14:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:11.431	Passed

20.378

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.611

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 13.684

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.717

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 6.514

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.445

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.328

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.360

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.573

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 6.865

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.157

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.952

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.824

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.437

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.264

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.165

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.160

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.743

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 6.750

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.223

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.749

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.012

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.946

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.915

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.840

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.082

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 53.490

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.497

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.985

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.846

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.056

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

And I start the computer 0.796

And the computer boots Tails 34.647

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.335

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.669

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 6.608

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.148

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.845

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.318

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.795

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.006

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 6.633

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 3.321

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.086

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.257

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.740

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.242

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.028

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.788

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.470

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.187

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.669

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.309

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.939

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 6.732

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 3.331

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.278

# 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 4.142

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.263

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.509

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.911

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.470

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.279

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.179

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.221

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.277

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.633

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.640

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.653

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.083

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.467

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.414

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.898

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	6:11.431	Passed

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