Cucumber Reports (no 80) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	80	01 Jul 2026, 14:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:26.089	Passed

19.927

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.004

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 12.846

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.180

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.953

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.366

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.667

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.123

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.563

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.507

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.190

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.314

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.612

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.334

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.517

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.393

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.694

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.196

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 55.209

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.286

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.062

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.746

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.318

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 55.124

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.868

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.423

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.067

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

And I start the computer 0.811

And the computer boots Tails 36.170

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.367

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.696

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.819

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.083

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.699

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.373

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.843

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 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.031

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.200

And all notifications have disappeared 3.416

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.072

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.242

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.804

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.445

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.888

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.694

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.422

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.394

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.656

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.107

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.180

And all notifications have disappeared 3.512

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.251

# 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 4.103

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.270

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.567

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.843

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.557

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.279

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.065

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.430

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.275

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.343

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.954

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.900

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.383

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.304

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770

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	6:26.089	Passed

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