Cucumber Reports (no 9) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	9	04 May 2026, 14:40

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:15.112	Passed

18.708

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.420

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.215

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.034

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.386

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.782

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.439

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.341

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.148

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.112

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.475

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.372

And I capture all network traffic 0.026

And the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.338

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.415

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.126

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.262

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.170

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.550

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.203

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.972

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.438

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.933

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.897

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.036

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 53.516

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.475

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.865

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.060

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.787

And the computer boots Tails 35.695

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.309

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.597

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.877

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.073

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 18.571

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.574

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.559

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.144

And all notifications have disappeared 3.376

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.238

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.827

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.239

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.780

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.153

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.403

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.318

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.246

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.100

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.875

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.621

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.321

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.190

# 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 3.927

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.296

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.568

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.303

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.369

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.224

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.216

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.230

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.260

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.148

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.240

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.870

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.083

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 7.914

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.350

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:527 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 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	6:15.112	Passed

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