Cucumber Reports (no 10) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	10	25 Aug 2026, 03:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:36.337	Passed

18.829

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.104

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 12.642

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.230

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.196

When the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.870

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.316

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.776

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.215

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.139

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.162

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.958

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.584

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.874

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.418

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.481

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.251

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.247

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 42.070

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.907

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.803

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.231

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.582

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.715

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.269

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.738

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.076

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.582

And the computer boots Tails 29.016

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.918

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.211

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.063

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 16.575

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.400

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.091

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.472

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.087

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.705

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.765

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.219

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.354

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.892

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.327

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.071

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.829

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.345

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.316

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.145

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.761

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.839

# 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 4.151

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.156

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.357

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.362

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.233

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.204

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.107

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.342

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.305

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.401

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.361

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.065

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 6.604

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.333

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:535 0.296

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 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	5:36.337	Passed

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