Cucumber Reports (no 11) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	11	26 Aug 2026, 03:17

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:35.439	Passed

17.033

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 6.135

When the network is plugged 0.046

And I successfully configure Tor 10.772

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.095

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 6.185

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.030

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.773

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.048

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.028

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.815

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.098

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.133

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.953

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.981

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.221

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.350

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.356

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 6.227

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.219

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 42.519

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.378

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.104

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.276

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.837

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 42.121

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.863

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.010

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.076

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.589

And the computer boots Tails 29.298

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.216

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 6.238

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.075

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 16.841

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.096

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 6.248

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.135

And all notifications have disappeared 3.620

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.047

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.593

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.977

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.268

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.362

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.260

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.805

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.385

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.024

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.206

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.159

And all notifications have disappeared 3.694

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.619

# 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 4.282

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.229

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.595

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.244

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.258

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.139

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.089

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.961

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.331

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.133

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.685

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.206

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

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 7.063

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.302

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723

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	5:35.439	Passed

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