Cucumber Reports (no 68) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	68	20 Jun 2026, 14:52

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:25.681	Passed

20.302

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 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.983

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 13.246

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.166

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.849

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.492

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.631

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.122

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.910

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 0.037

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.030

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.123

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.299

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.306

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.568

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.182

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.341

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.628

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 0.041

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.036

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.552

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.219

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 52.817

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.721

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 0.013

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.199

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.532

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 55.418

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.565

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.408

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given a computer 0.185

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 1.019

And the computer boots Tails 36.707

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.470

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.103

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.448

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 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.142

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.162

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 19.041

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.146

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 0.038

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.414

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.187

And all notifications have disappeared 3.476

And I capture all network traffic 0.030

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.233

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.565

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.985

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.892

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.460

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.155

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.288

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.148

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 0.039

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.052

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.314

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 3.623

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.256

# 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 4.067

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.290

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.613

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.788

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.511

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.333

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.204

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.455

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.262

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.801

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.028

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.013

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.138

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 9.167

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.432

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.378

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 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	6:25.681	Passed

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