Cucumber Reports (no 27) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	27	06 Sep 2026, 03:16

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:35.903	Passed

16.746

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.230

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 10.457

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.647

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.346

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.871

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.074

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.292

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.165

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 6.183

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.128

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.980

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.228

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.200

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.366

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.227

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.161

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.214

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 41.869

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.972

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.046

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.168

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.887

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 41.422

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.562

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.155

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 0.113

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

And I start the computer 0.606

And the computer boots Tails 29.361

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.063

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 6.244

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.068

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 18.688

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.200

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 6.133

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.118

And all notifications have disappeared 3.259

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.755

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.698

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.237

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.327

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.822

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.313

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.931

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.361

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.181

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 6.168

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 3.565

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.672

# 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 3.995

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.375

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.665

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.364

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.167

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.014

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.305

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.282

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.469

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 6.058

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.076

And the network is plugged 0.068

And Tor is ready 6.919

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.342

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 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953

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	5:35.903	Passed

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