Cucumber Reports (no 15) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	15	27 Aug 2026, 20:10

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:41.492	Passed

18.836

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 6.089

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 12.665

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.393

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 6.082

When the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.021

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.256

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.961

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.506

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.287

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 0.003

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" 0.138

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.900

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.690

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.009

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.361

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.104

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 6.125

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.195

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 43.383

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.754

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 6.152

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.605

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 42.219

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.771

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.116

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 0.071

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.591

And the computer boots Tails 29.355

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.086

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.965

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 6.220

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.117

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 18.547

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.043

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 6.159

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171

And all notifications have disappeared 3.710

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 0.052

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.712

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.737

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.430

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.349

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.277

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.077

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.814

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.327

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.352

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.082

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.695

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.652

# 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 4.279

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.346

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.767

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.331

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.165

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.083

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.012

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.375

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.193

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.637

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 6.286

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.069

And the network is plugged 0.037

And Tor is ready 7.949

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.290

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 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836

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	5:41.492	Passed

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