Cucumber Reports (no 24) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	24	03 Sep 2026, 03:18

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:50.528	Passed

18.194

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 6.176

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 11.947

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.554

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 6.194

When the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.784

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.616

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.858

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.136

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.198

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.161

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.820

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 15.714

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.785

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.375

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.244

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.133

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.178

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 42.043

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.873

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.027

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 6.146

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.877

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.873

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.124

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.713

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 0.073

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

And I start the computer 0.615

And the computer boots Tails 28.973

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.257

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 6.166

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.098

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 16.926

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:5.431

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 17.766

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146

And all notifications have disappeared 3.522

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.593

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.840

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.457

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.409

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.276

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.073

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.785

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 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.277

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 6.187

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.128

And all notifications have disappeared 3.430

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.847

# 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 3.821

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.609

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.887

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.353

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.271

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.092

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.947

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.310

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.139

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.691

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 6.178

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.108

And the network is plugged 0.031

And Tor is ready 7.052

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.314

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787

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	5:50.528	Passed

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