Cucumber Reports (no 17) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	17	28 Aug 2026, 03:15

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:45.252	Passed

17.761

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.341

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 11.349

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.545

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.269

When the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.835

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 8.912

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.445

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.883

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.183

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.142

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.870

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.964

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.264

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.357

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.706

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.242

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.160

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 42.505

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.789

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.042

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.308

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.731

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 41.608

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.388

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.685

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.078

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

And I start the computer 0.615

And the computer boots Tails 28.939

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.324

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.184

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.107

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 17.969

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.230

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.333

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.135

And all notifications have disappeared 3.790

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.742

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.531

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.268

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.506

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.113

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.326

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.075

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.914

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.368

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

48.997

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 6.187

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.130

And all notifications have disappeared 3.210

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.704

# 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 3.935

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.298

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.574

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.323

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.111

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.083

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.734

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.313

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.165

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.074

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 17.786

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.087

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 6.805

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.354

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837

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	5:45.252	Passed

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