Cucumber Reports (no 31) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	31	18 May 2026, 14:15

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:11.353	Passed

18.569

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.549

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 11.939

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.016

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.239

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 6.467

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.984

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.267

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.442

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.045

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.552

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.189

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.868

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.030

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.027

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.295

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.021

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.166

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.373

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.220

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 51.414

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.141

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.561

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.280

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.614

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.690

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 53.762

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.198

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.123

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.449

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 0.058

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.843

And the computer boots Tails 34.146

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.390

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.755

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.468

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 6.443

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.103

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 17.864

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.508

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 6.745

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.147

And all notifications have disappeared 3.443

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.196

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.591

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.998

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.252

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.391

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.922

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.331

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.603

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.909

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 6.669

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.176

And all notifications have disappeared 3.439

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.330

# 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 4.156

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.272

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.453

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.760

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.370

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.245

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.342

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.248

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.251

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.674

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.714

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.617

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.112

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.448

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.516

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 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.882

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	6:11.353	Passed

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