Cucumber Reports (no 83) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak	83	06 Jul 2026, 14:27

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:24.984	Passed

20.208

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 13.410

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.463

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 6.683

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.994

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.344

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.349

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.380

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.186

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.156

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.490

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.383

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.674

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 0.539

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.696

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 7.092

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.193

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 54.792

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.612

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.675

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.667

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.004

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 54.624

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.370

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.700

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 0.003

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" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.919

And the computer boots Tails 35.363

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.347

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.464

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 0.005

Steps

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

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.113

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 19.680

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.418

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.105

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.182

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.988

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.276

And all notifications have disappeared 3.469

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.246

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.579

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.217

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.940

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.420

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.148

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.424

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.611

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.050

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.520

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.037

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.884

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.186

And all notifications have disappeared 3.571

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.162

# 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 4.160

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.310

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.764

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.702

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.527

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.248

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.186

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.393

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.243

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.327

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.884

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.758

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.074

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 8.558

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.465

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:535 0.319

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035

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	6:24.984	Passed

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