Cucumber Reports (no 118) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	118	03 Nov 2026, 03:36

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:32.160	Passed

17.411

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.109

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 11.219

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.649

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 6.221

When the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.736

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.663

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.949

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.785

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.173

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.122

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.842

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.977

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.274

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.321

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

47.936

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 6.164

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.205

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.339

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.221

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.498

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.272

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 6.321

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.960

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 41.530

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.454

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.990

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 0.072

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

And I start the computer 0.594

And the computer boots Tails 28.257

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.434

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.650

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.422

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 17.080

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.546

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 6.152

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.128

And all notifications have disappeared 2.887

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.801

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.586

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.238

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.209

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.877

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.304

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.085

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.802

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.330

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.175

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 0.006

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 "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146

And all notifications have disappeared 3.274

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.738

# 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 3.909

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.251

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.283

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.933

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.437

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.269

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.086

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.911

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.335

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.269

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.078

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.742

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.239

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.071

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 8.115

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.275

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670

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	5:32.160	Passed

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