Cucumber Reports (no 16) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install	16	22 May 2026, 18:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:23.533	Passed

19.682

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.813

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 12.815

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.422

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 6.900

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.407

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.651

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.384

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.699

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.294

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 7.479

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.421

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.373

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.454

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.304

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.353

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 6.979

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.165

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 53.961

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.240

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.058

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 6.755

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.308

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.952

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.539

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.504

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 0.057

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

And I start the computer 0.747

And the computer boots Tails 34.322

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.554

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.773

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 6.629

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.994

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.815

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.791

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 6.765

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.185

And all notifications have disappeared 3.541

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.355

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.646

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.223

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.057

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.965

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.413

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.182

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.227

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.782

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.858

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 7.131

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.208

And all notifications have disappeared 3.500

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.163

# 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 4.416

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.298

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.526

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.861

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.432

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.359

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.133

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.302

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.276

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.811

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.793

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.871

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.093

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.408

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.399

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.980

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	6:23.533	Passed

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