Cucumber Reports (no 78) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	78	30 Jun 2026, 14:36

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:13.149	Passed

19.450

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.644

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 12.734

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.360

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.759

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.592

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.324

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.545

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.230

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.215

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.566

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.176

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.426

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.200

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.368

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.413

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.712

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.691

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.297

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.822

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.895

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.975

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.682

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.306

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 52.958

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.021

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.863

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.061

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.978

And the computer boots Tails 34.535

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.278

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.518

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.834

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 18.530

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.375

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.741

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.161

And all notifications have disappeared 3.360

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.072

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.201

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.644

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.265

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.996

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.932

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.401

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.863

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.536

# 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 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.494

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.197

And all notifications have disappeared 3.414

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.246

# 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 4.187

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.481

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.941

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.384

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.253

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.222

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.478

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.105

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.299

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.113

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.783

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.670

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.097

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.585

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.407

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 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710

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	6:13.149	Passed

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