Cucumber Reports (no 18) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	18	29 Aug 2026, 03:16

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:36.666	Passed

19.037

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 6.271

When the network is plugged 0.062

And I successfully configure Tor 12.655

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.377

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 6.274

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.877

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.202

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.957

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.491

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 6.232

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.151

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.849

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.265

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.539

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.384

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.816

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.236

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.215

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 41.656

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.702

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.136

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 6.262

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.878

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 41.298

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.690

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.934

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 0.579

And the computer boots Tails 29.225

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.525

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 6.268

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.074

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 17.114

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.370

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.647

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 6.131

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.199

And all notifications have disappeared 3.558

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 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.720

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.583

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.248

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.431

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.934

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.286

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.998

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.330

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.369

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 6.190

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.116

And all notifications have disappeared 3.703

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.727

# 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 3.900

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.225

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.595

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.665

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.413

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.272

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.099

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.892

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.325

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.163

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.330

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 6.116

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

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 7.818

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.281

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 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533

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	5:36.666	Passed

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