Cucumber Reports (no 35) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	35	21 May 2026, 14:12

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:16.699	Passed

18.958

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 6.576

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 12.297

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.312

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.777

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.497

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.314

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.848

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.660

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 6.877

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.176

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.374

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.240

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.680

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 0.237

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.142

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.981

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.643

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 6.676

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.302

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 53.946

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.706

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.987

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.908

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.720

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.198

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 54.002

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.978

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.733

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.804

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 0.059

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

And I start the computer 0.944

And the computer boots Tails 35.465

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.323

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.837

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.136

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.606

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 19.374

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.696

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.733

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.506

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.265

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.600

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.214

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.754

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.438

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.412

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.052

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.294

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.945

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.015

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.584

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.201

And all notifications have disappeared 3.459

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.218

# 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 4.011

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.278

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.558

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.961

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.481

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.276

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.188

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.307

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.303

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.562

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 6.750

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.087

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 8.264

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.435

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 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.053

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

	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	6:16.699	Passed

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