Cucumber Reports (no 41) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	41	24 May 2026, 14:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:14.958	Passed

18.857

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 6.389

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 12.382

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.700

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.128

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 6.509

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.346

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.079

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.138

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.914

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.158

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 6.618

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.170

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.498

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.460

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.101

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.243

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.396

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 6.615

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.211

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 52.360

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.202

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.790

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.105

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.993

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.135

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.816

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.154

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.607

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.829

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.053

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.725

And the computer boots Tails 34.753

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.288

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.819

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.368

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 6.750

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.094

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.458

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.562

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.094

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 6.479

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 3.441

And I capture all network traffic 0.012

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.174

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.668

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.227

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.859

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.969

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.374

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.199

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.236

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.047

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.926

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 6.664

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.180

And all notifications have disappeared 3.413

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.245

# 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" 1.361

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.532

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.734

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.487

# "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" 1.132

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.085

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.316

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.276

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.641

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.094

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 7.057

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.499

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.427

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 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.939

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	6:14.958	Passed

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