Cucumber Reports (no 106) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	106	28 Oct 2026, 03:26

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:37.234	Passed

18.669

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.178

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 12.431

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.863

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.171

When the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.962

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.427

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.239

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.016

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.272

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.272

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.970

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.882

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.242

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.020

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.320

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.916

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.262

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.188

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 41.705

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.749

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.695

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.234

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.473

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.910

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.877

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.090

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.648

And the computer boots Tails 29.082

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.484

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.250

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.082

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 18.076

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.603

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.241

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184

And all notifications have disappeared 3.858

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.703

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.697

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.237

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.499

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.356

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.293

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.966

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.322

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.140

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.181

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.137

And all notifications have disappeared 3.764

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.731

# 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 3.890

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.234

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.621

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.361

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.380

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.268

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.922

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.309

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.176

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.966

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.133

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.035

And Tor is ready 8.426

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.289

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930

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	5:37.234	Passed

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