Cucumber Reports (no 47) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	47	27 May 2026, 11:44

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:25.955	Passed

19.728

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.224

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 12.409

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.831

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.538

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.336

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.432

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.164

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.495

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.088

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.316

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.569

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 6.884

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.203

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.779

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.040

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.124

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.446

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.959

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.697

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.224

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 55.409

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.622

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.182

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.707

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.488

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 54.542

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.436

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.970

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 0.058

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

And I start the computer 0.818

And the computer boots Tails 36.740

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.715

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.074

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.015

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.084

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.902

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.171

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.854

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.457

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.202

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.610

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.272

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.119

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.923

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.392

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.571

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.346

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.931

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.045

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.183

And all notifications have disappeared 3.529

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.128

# 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 4.203

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.238

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.743

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.187

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.477

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.340

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.203

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.247

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.279

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.282

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.027

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.714

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.157

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.851

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.592

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.382

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.747

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	6:25.955	Passed

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