Cucumber Reports (no 69) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	69	21 Jun 2026, 14:32

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:29.196	Passed

20.665

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.055

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 13.537

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.322

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.329

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.382

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.399

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.138

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.785

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 0.023

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.401

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.205

And I capture all network traffic 0.022

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.449

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.556

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.486

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.594

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.168

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 0.039

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.028

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.418

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.283

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 55.406

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.829

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 0.063

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.197

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.639

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 55.037

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.948

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.058

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.877

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 0.048

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.052

Steps

Given a computer 0.222

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.041

And I start the computer 0.926

And the computer boots Tails 35.346

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.342

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.476

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 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.029

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.161

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.258

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 19.944

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.409

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.661

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.594

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.304

And I capture all network traffic 0.020

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.231

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.132

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.271

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.742

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.959

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.389

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.160

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.387

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.353

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.078

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.095

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.387

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.280

And all notifications have disappeared 3.270

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.217

# 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 4.187

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.686

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.993

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.445

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.310

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.166

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.100

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.336

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.422

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.314

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.369

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.145

And the network is plugged 0.030

And Tor is ready 8.336

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.409

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 0.021

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747

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	6:29.196	Passed

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