Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	2	19 Aug 2026, 03:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:57.209	Passed

16.908

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.243

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 10.595

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.566

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 6.434

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.831

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.475

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.775

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.022

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.305

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.167

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 6.193

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.149

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.046

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.809

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.592

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.025

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.309

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.225

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 6.142

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.181

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 41.212

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.680

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.039

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 6.247

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.790

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.304

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.691

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.319

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.070

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

And I start the computer 0.660

And the computer boots Tails 28.537

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.968

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 17.937

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

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 16.868

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.286

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 6.157

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 1.208

And all notifications have disappeared 3.124

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.081

And the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.789

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.669

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.224

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.207

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.349

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.099

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.826

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.312

# 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 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.875

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 6.131

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.166

And all notifications have disappeared 3.928

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.187

# 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 3.996

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.681

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.058

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" 0.222

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.973

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.490

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.083

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.406

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.851

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 17.772

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.082

And the network is plugged 0.028

And Tor is ready 6.656

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.307

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 0.318

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546

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	5:57.209	Passed

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