Cucumber Reports (no 113) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	113	31 Oct 2026, 03:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:55.430	Passed

16.883

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 6.249

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 10.571

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.127

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.140

When the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.925

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.066

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.930

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.659

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 6.179

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.258

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.968

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.779

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.031

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.365

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.527

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.018

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.147

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 41.748

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.607

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.093

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.790

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 17.893

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.900

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 41.884

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.104

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.340

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.078

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

And I start the computer 0.658

And the computer boots Tails 28.534

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.418

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 6.171

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.078

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 17.108

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.482

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.095

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 6.211

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.136

And all notifications have disappeared 3.895

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.048

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.120

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.425

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.138

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.864

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.296

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.098

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.302

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.326

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.246

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.124

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 3.855

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.640

# 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 4.241

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.449

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.602

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.301

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.176

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.905

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.348

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.126

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.340

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 6.177

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.069

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 6.729

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.322

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 0.677

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	5:55.430	Passed

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