Cucumber Reports (no 12) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	12	07 May 2026, 14:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:26.311	Passed

19.593

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.664

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 12.864

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.012

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.552

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.481

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.793

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.129

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.141

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.604

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.947

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 6.582

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.169

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.315

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.147

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.348

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 0.300

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.709

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.887

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.197

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.773

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.845

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.124

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.772

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.145

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.613

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 54.865

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.138

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.791

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.071

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.869

And the computer boots Tails 36.475

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.361

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.895

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.780

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.107

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.945

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.664

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.161

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.992

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 3.553

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.318

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.754

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.201

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.860

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.807

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.547

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.284

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.375

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.245

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.624

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.185

And all notifications have disappeared 3.921

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.340

# 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 4.478

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.246

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.585

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.949

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.496

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.290

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.272

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.236

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.381

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.058

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.182

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.950

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 9.555

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.565

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:527 0.429

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.668

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	6:26.311	Passed

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