Cucumber Reports (no 23) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	23	02 Sep 2026, 03:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:34.817	Passed

18.643

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 6.123

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 12.445

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.676

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 6.165

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.771

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.670

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.982

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.501

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 6.126

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.124

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.957

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.767

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.130

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.321

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.942

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 6.119

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.217

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 42.136

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.461

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.222

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 6.319

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.907

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.378

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.612

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.603

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 0.077

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

And I start the computer 0.630

And the computer boots Tails 28.835

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.670

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 6.211

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.066

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 18.340

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.958

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 6.080

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.163

And all notifications have disappeared 3.360

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.671

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.886

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.274

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.324

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.427

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.245

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.088

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.965

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.351

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.478

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.453

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.163

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.125

And all notifications have disappeared 3.414

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.819

# 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 3.980

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.262

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.542

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.261

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.120

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.085

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.900

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.298

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.265

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.519

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.145

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 6.269

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.058

And the network is plugged 0.031

And Tor is ready 7.519

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.261

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 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783

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	5:34.817	Passed

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