Cucumber Reports (no 12) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install	12	22 May 2026, 12:05

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:20.039	Passed

19.072

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.628

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 12.335

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.088

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.935

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.204

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.765

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.674

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.366

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.328

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.412

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.716

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.270

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.083

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.235

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.758

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.290

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.714

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.000

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 6.754

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.177

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 51.440

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.618

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.190

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.922

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.277

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.940

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.018

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.084

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.033

And I start the computer 0.782

And the computer boots Tails 35.793

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.323

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.670

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.035

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.678

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 18.184

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.050

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.223

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.639

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 3.773

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.217

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.806

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.251

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.046

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.279

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.500

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.018

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.264

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.059

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.159

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 6.548

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 3.854

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.361

# 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 4.313

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.259

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.531

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.401

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.509

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.232

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.180

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.347

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.262

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.956

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.722

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.809

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.076

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 9.329

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.480

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.782

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	6:20.039	Passed

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