Cucumber Reports (no 67) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	67	19 Jun 2026, 14:32

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:6.631	Passed

19.706

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 12.492

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.376

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.886

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.099

When the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.257

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.276

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.181

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.488

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.838

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.180

And I capture all network traffic 0.020

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.219

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.486

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.284

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.381

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.421

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.837

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.201

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.173

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.203

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.130

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 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.906

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.228

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.999

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.990

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.792

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given a computer 0.184

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.047

And I start the computer 0.755

And the computer boots Tails 32.504

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.301

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.895

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.024

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 0.144

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 17.662

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.960

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.753

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.202

And all notifications have disappeared 3.397

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.081

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.182

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.743

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.202

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.748

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.716

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.333

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.112

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.264

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.663

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.732

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184

And all notifications have disappeared 3.218

And I capture all network traffic 0.023

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.142

# 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 4.042

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.459

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.318

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.378

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.238

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.958

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.340

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.255

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.684

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 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.990

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.161

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.066

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.421

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 0.025

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833

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	6:6.631	Passed

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