Cucumber Reports (no 131) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	131	08 Nov 2026, 03:35

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:31.750	Passed

16.951

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 6.268

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 10.611

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.326

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.831

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.273

When the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.796

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.785

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.916

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.028

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.242

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 6.407

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.152

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.007

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.952

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.258

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 0.399

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.203

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.177

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.136

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 42.647

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.229

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.048

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 6.228

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.794

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 40.786

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.229

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.432

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 0.088

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.640

And the computer boots Tails 28.641

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.446

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.831

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 6.232

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

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 17.437

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.177

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.105

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.180

And all notifications have disappeared 3.355

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.040

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.712

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.686

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.247

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.094

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.229

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.861

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.329

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.438

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 6.240

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.318

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.859

# 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 3.785

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.198

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.301

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.336

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.242

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.137

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.916

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.381

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.369

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.451

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.593

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 6.248

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

And the network is plugged 0.025

And Tor is ready 6.889

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.345

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 0.013

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845

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	5:31.750	Passed

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