Cucumber Reports (no 112) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	112	30 Oct 2026, 03:50

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:28.560	Passed

17.059

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.276

When the network is plugged 0.047

And I successfully configure Tor 10.696

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.930

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.131

When the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.861

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.896

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.956

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.076

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 6.133

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.155

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.949

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.649

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.791

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.025

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.327

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

47.254

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 6.261

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.173

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 39.914

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.898

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.990

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.351

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.648

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 40.247

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.736

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.299

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.079

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

And I start the computer 0.619

And the computer boots Tails 28.544

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.341

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.295

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.087

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 16.891

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.058

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.244

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.165

And all notifications have disappeared 3.613

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.044

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.755

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.611

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.221

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.216

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.487

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.282

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.907

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.337

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.231

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 6.253

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.153

And all notifications have disappeared 3.710

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.802

# 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 3.873

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.144

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.489

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.896

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.296

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.153

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.737

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.307

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.227

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.317

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.227

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

And the network is plugged 0.028

And Tor is ready 6.696

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.283

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 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595

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	5:28.560	Passed

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