Cucumber Reports (no 12) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	12	27 Aug 2026, 03:12

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:32.024	Passed

17.652

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 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.310

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 11.248

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.513

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 6.178

When the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.774

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.566

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.898

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.175

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 6.118

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.208

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.047

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.810

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.739

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.898

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.317

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.722

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 6.152

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.197

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 41.970

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.390

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.018

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.200

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.823

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.665

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.324

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.453

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.073

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

And I start the computer 0.713

And the computer boots Tails 28.614

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.504

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.130

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 6.202

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.066

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 16.782

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.759

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.230

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.121

And all notifications have disappeared 3.561

And I capture all network traffic 0.010

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.787

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.543

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.580

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.835

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.364

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.093

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.028

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 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.940

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.113

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.120

And all notifications have disappeared 2.360

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.857

# 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 3.975

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.238

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.633

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.181

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.297

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.254

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.009

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.363

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.108

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.297

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.659

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.201

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 7.016

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.330

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 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737

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	5:32.024	Passed

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