Cucumber Reports (no 132) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	132	09 Nov 2026, 03:28

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:35.837	Passed

17.842

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.181

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 11.577

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.702

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 6.139

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.013

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.567

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.901

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.754

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 6.220

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.141

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.983

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.466

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.518

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.350

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.782

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 6.231

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.175

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 42.402

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.966

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.107

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 6.370

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.745

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.750

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.237

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.322

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.103

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.213

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.074

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

And I start the computer 0.578

And the computer boots Tails 28.497

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.905

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 6.167

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.099

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 17.539

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.083

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 6.305

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.154

And all notifications have disappeared 3.921

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.043

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.942

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.552

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.170

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.316

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.914

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.323

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.086

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.972

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.307

# 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 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.576

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.143

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.132

And all notifications have disappeared 4.062

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.825

# 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 4.019

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.263

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.434

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.420

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.279

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.256

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.080

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.890

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.430

# 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" 0.274

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.869

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 0.004

Steps

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

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

And the network is plugged 0.039

And Tor is ready 8.329

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.294

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 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601

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	5:35.837	Passed

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