Cucumber Reports (no 20) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	20	31 Aug 2026, 03:14

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:33.614	Passed

18.669

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 6.184

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 12.408

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.135

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 6.293

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.822

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.749

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.187

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 0.780

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.293

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.182

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.163

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.071

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.803

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.483

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.218

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 0.332

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.913

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 6.229

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.229

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.066

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.384

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.210

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 6.184

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.025

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.671

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.323

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.501

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.073

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

And I start the computer 0.685

And the computer boots Tails 28.681

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.368

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 6.156

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 17.054

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.543

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.670

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 6.145

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.940

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.644

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.739

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.153

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.512

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.578

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.325

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.097

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.910

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 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.624

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.123

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.140

And all notifications have disappeared 3.572

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.186

# 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 3.742

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.230

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.261

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.385

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.300

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.119

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.856

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.302

# 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" 0.213

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.228

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 6.219

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.073

And the network is plugged 0.029

And Tor is ready 6.515

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.387

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 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712

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	5:33.614	Passed

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