Cucumber Reports (no 22) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	22	01 Sep 2026, 03:15

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:38.542	Passed

18.231

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 6.238

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 11.925

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.431

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.310

When the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.858

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.339

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.839

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.051

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.144

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.139

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.791

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.711

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.843

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.325

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.120

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 0.002

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 "-15 days" 0.211

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 41.845

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.930

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.801

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 6.286

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.507

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.255

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.747

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.721

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 0.074

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

And I start the computer 0.580

And the computer boots Tails 29.013

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.186

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 6.264

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.075

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 16.770

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.130

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 6.178

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162

And all notifications have disappeared 3.489

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.044

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.729

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.574

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.342

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.566

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.312

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.094

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.975

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.345

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.519

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.232

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.119

And all notifications have disappeared 2.905

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.623

# 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 4.267

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.284

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.390

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.555

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.257

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.150

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.084

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.970

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.324

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.272

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.347

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 6.164

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.059

And the network is plugged 0.041

And Tor is ready 7.796

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599

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	5:38.542	Passed

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