Cucumber Reports (no 5) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install	5	15 May 2026, 14:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:21.547	Passed

20.228

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 6.466

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.706

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.747

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.640

When the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.516

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.814

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.696

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.968

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.825

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 6.772

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.244

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And the network is plugged 0.050

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.458

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.233

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.544

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.140

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 0.336

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.401

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.051

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 1.197

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.617

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.529

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.064

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.805

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.249

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 53.160

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.841

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.604

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.654

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.056

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.940

And the computer boots Tails 35.142

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.504

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.009

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.747

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.917

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.681

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.780

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.703

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 6.454

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.807

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.098

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.167

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.026

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.226

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.062

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.399

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.482

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.314

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.291

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.865

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.813

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.553

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.164

And all notifications have disappeared 3.956

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.154

# 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 4.375

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.256

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.567

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.863

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.444

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.260

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.423

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.328

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.280

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.852

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.361

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.691

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.072

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 8.089

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 0.000

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.364

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.081

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	6:21.547	Passed

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