Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install	1	12 May 2026, 13:06

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:26.804	Passed

19.425

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.801

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 12.533

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.645

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.105

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.827

When the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.497

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.335

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.369

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.007

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.464

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.164

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.595

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.241

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.147

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.313

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.455

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.998

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.235

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 54.866

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.346

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.751

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.110

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.662

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.439

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.519

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.483

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.659

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.059

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.764

And the computer boots Tails 36.477

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.350

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.001

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.275

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.700

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

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 19.386

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.158

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.256

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.967

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 3.584

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.180

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.571

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.206

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.236

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.928

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.438

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.306

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.336

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.868

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.420

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.372

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.226

And all notifications have disappeared 3.840

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.194

# 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 4.174

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.214

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.564

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.023

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.448

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.420

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.087

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.344

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.290

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.087

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.262

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.113

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 9.234

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.443

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.007

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:26.804	Passed

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