Cucumber Reports (no 64) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	64	16 Jun 2026, 15:19

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:34.926	Passed

21.581

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.033

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.005

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 14.505

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.069

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.866

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.495

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.952

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.689

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.379

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.960

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.282

And I capture all network traffic 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.421

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.782

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.365

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.437

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.449

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.118

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.197

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 55.970

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.157

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:6.050

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.057

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.008

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 55.848

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.124

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.097

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.869

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010

Steps

Given a computer 0.194

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.034

And I start the computer 0.979

And the computer boots Tails 36.300

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.360

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.105

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.839

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.143

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.138

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 19.464

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.028

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.539

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 3.367

And I capture all network traffic 0.035

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.266

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.631

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.312

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.981

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.019

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.453

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.333

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.606

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.607

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.747

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.212

And all notifications have disappeared 3.359

And I capture all network traffic 0.027

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.285

# 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 4.322

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.282

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.606

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.923

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.504

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.288

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.175

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.400

# 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" 0.283

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.050

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.527

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.170

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 8.787

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.525

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 0.018

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.361

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 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	6:34.926	Passed

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