Cucumber Reports (no 35) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	35	15 Sep 2026, 03:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:33.636	Passed

17.146

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.443

When the network is plugged 0.046

And I successfully configure Tor 10.621

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.248

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.172

When the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.810

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.425

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.771

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.801

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.332

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.138

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.046

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.025

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.306

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.593

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.324

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.667

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.204

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.184

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 41.622

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.644

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.005

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.129

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.892

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.827

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.152

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.480

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.078

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

And I start the computer 0.592

And the computer boots Tails 28.753

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.273

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.174

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.101

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 16.939

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.458

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.358

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.324

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.050

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.669

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.653

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.242

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.350

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.062

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.287

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.072

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.821

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.339

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.444

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.076

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 6.272

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.131

And all notifications have disappeared 2.997

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.746

# 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 3.935

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.212

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.592

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.044

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.268

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.114

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.080

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.894

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.391

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.307

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.476

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 6.242

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092

And the network is plugged 0.022

And Tor is ready 6.811

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.302

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 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002

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	5:33.636	Passed

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