Cucumber Reports (no 15) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install	15	22 May 2026, 17:33

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:54.171	Passed

18.376

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 6.406

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 11.905

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.165

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.729

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.255

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.422

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.852

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.621

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.297

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.129

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.877

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.584

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.413

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.889

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.349

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.372

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.346

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.029

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.458

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.369

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.186

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 49.043

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.847

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.774

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.116

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.454

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.675

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 48.755

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.212

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.016

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.603

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 0.043

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

And I start the computer 0.734

And the computer boots Tails 31.713

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.103

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.506

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.246

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.465

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.074

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.636

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.174

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.523

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.166

And all notifications have disappeared 3.349

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.041

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.679

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.896

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.211

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.613

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.669

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.403

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.184

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.237

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.953

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.173

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.498

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.133

And all notifications have disappeared 3.354

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.192

# 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 3.949

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.472

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.056

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.363

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.236

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.083

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.207

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.252

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.183

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.460

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.064

And the network is plugged 0.027

And Tor is ready 7.318

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.309

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.849

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	5:54.171	Passed

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