Cucumber Reports (no 29) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	29	08 Sep 2026, 03:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:37.463	Passed

18.493

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 6.113

When the network is plugged 0.048

And I successfully configure Tor 12.304

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.027

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.770

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 6.279

When the network is plugged 0.051

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.813

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.819

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.768

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.535

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 6.194

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.141

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.010

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.769

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.926

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.409

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.227

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.291

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.202

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 43.434

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.285

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.035

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 6.147

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.890

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.929

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.503

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.097

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.035

And I start the computer 0.727

And the computer boots Tails 29.579

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.425

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 6.221

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.069

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 17.074

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.469

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.765

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 6.092

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148

And all notifications have disappeared 3.513

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.874

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.562

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.398

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.832

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.292

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.201

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.346

# 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 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.112

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.329

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.896

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.785

# 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 4.187

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.265

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.935

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.318

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.302

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.944

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.485

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.158

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.594

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 6.213

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.037

And Tor is ready 6.926

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.331

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 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873

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	5:37.463	Passed

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