Cucumber Reports (no 7) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install	7	17 May 2026, 14:16

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:4.755	Passed

19.376

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.619

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 12.699

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.661

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.629

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 6.677

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.462

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.390

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.033

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.977

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.680

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 6.691

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.226

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.951

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.281

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.043

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.092

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.371

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.910

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.500

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.814

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.222

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 46.469

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.987

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.700

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.206

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 6.707

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.507

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.693

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.293

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.148

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.389

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.048

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

And I start the computer 0.744

And the computer boots Tails 33.542

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.927

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 6.454

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.079

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 19.332

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.422

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 6.767

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 3.604

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.197

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.560

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.945

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.864

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.423

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.357

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.639

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.168

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.540

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.593

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.262

# 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 4.003

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.537

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.236

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.458

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.305

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.139

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.078

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.215

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.361

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.919

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.454

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.577

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.096

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.386

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.366

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 0.011

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.069

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	6:4.755	Passed

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