Cucumber Reports (no 76) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	76	28 Jun 2026, 14:30

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:15.271	Passed

19.855

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.939

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 12.816

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.080

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.377

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.912

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.397

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.403

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.597

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.248

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.070

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.862

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.310

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.291

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.409

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.725

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.210

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.585

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.014

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.880

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.766

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.116

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 53.763

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.229

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.457

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.580

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.065

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

And I start the computer 0.794

And the computer boots Tails 34.355

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.353

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.321

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.187

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.647

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.100

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 17.366

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.207

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.799

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.262

And all notifications have disappeared 3.565

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.209

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.619

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.070

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.919

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.419

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.370

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.441

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.554

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.608

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.769

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.214

# 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 4.084

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.269

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.632

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.841

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.360

# "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" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.367

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.418

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.375

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.655

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.606

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.089

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 9.522

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.418

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.455

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763

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	6:15.271	Passed

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