Cucumber Reports (no 135) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	135	11 Nov 2026, 03:29

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:42.204	Passed

18.282

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 6.500

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 11.709

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.327

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.631

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.479

When the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.889

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.242

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.943

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.199

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.480

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.170

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.863

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.209

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.007

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.383

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.590

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 6.257

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.186

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 42.508

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.626

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.907

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.260

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.661

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.365

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.615

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.705

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 0.073

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

And I start the computer 0.611

And the computer boots Tails 28.929

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.953

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 6.370

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.075

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 17.435

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.782

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 6.329

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.137

And all notifications have disappeared 3.937

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.727

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.829

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.325

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.529

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.862

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.413

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.430

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.503

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 6.400

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.137

And all notifications have disappeared 3.937

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.638

# 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 4.621

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.613

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.669

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.370

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.267

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.938

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.352

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.144

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.648

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 6.219

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.074

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 6.977

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.344

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796

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	5:42.204	Passed

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