Cucumber Reports (no 39) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	39	22 May 2026, 14:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:31.043	Passed

20.989

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 7.044

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 13.879

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.456

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.910

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.420

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.856

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.204

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.664

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.272

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.762

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.213

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.838

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.283

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.838

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.242

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.014

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 7.167

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.306

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 56.131

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.402

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.042

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.866

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 6.995

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.877

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 54.501

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.485

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.805

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

39.512

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.012

Steps

Given a computer 0.101

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

And I start the computer 0.870

And the computer boots Tails 38.144

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.383

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.155

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.962

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.099

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 19.018

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.729

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.582

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.294

And all notifications have disappeared 3.627

And I capture all network traffic 0.026

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.314

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.904

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.283

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.158

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.782

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.462

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.594

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.448

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.767

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.787

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 6.852

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.222

And all notifications have disappeared 3.949

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.796

# 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 4.254

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.265

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.494

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.816

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.521

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.295

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.156

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.418

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.343

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.319

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.954

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.259

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.886

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

And the network is plugged 0.025

And Tor is ready 8.796

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.469

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 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.900

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	6:31.043	Passed

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