Cucumber Reports (no 11) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	11	06 May 2026, 20:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:56.283	Passed

18.439

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 6.419

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 11.960

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.590

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.562

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.372

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.902

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.035

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.196

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.205

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 6.496

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.189

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.780

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.257

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.144

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.265

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 0.866

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.090

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.393

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.198

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.275

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.217

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.495

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.407

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.563

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.849

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 49.046

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.944

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.723

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.043

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.709

And the computer boots Tails 31.917

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.220

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 6.386

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.069

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 17.706

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.025

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.497

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.165

And all notifications have disappeared 3.530

And I capture all network traffic 0.013

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.183

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.492

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.226

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.851

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.201

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.362

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.093

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.069

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.221

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.158

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.550

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.524

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.558

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.206

And all notifications have disappeared 3.501

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.676

# 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 4.310

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.186

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.542

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.213

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.353

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.285

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.156

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.012

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.210

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.252

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.084

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.468

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.111

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 7.094

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.393

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 0.388

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768

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	5:56.283	Passed

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