Cucumber Reports (no 51) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	51	05 Jun 2026, 14:28

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:25.046	Passed

20.448

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.962

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 13.405

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.420

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.272

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.395

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.379

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.043

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.379

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.953

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.591

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.041

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.210

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.778

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.290

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.730

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.463

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.007

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.147

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.938

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.253

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 56.207

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.740

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.819

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.093

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.782

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.300

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 54.665

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.338

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.104

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.507

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.583

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.049

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.726

And the computer boots Tails 37.455

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.341

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.588

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.463

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.614

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.071

When the network is plugged 0.012

And I successfully configure Tor 18.727

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.739

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.271

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.644

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 3.255

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.159

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.572

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.229

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.729

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.461

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.465

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.135

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.226

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.439

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.709

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.191

And all notifications have disappeared 3.310

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.909

# 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 4.129

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.198

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.662

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.853

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.422

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.265

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.943

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.331

# 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" 0.303

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.623

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.736

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.651

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.082

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.618

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.366

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:531 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.863

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:25.046	Passed

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