Cucumber Reports (no 107) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	107	28 Oct 2026, 19:20

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:52.317	Passed

18.904

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.605

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 12.220

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.437

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.665

When the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.995

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.709

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.001

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.347

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.464

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.168

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.301

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.762

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.185

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.379

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.778

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.226

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 46.453

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.550

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.022

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.357

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.662

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.941

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.094

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.712

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.107

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.015

And I start the computer 0.652

And the computer boots Tails 29.893

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.173

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 6.456

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 17.546

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.519

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.388

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 4.288

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.618

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.967

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.266

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.531

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.344

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.392

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.962

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.338

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.352

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.342

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 3.887

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.634

# 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 4.412

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.228

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.347

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.951

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.342

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.325

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.964

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.356

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.196

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.071

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.450

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.084

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 8.184

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.310

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 0.007

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.322

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752

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	5:52.317	Passed

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