Cucumber Reports (no 37) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	37	17 Sep 2026, 03:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:48.685	Passed

19.105

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.404

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 12.631

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.510

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.357

When the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.053

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.265

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.766

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 0.968

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.819

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.223

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.153

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.753

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.531

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.743

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 0.340

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.369

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.290

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.167

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 41.444

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.457

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.090

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.181

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.911

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 42.487

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.504

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.541

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 0.076

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.601

And the computer boots Tails 28.809

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.469

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.278

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 17.032

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:7.970

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 17.769

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.130

And all notifications have disappeared 4.019

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.747

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.705

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.490

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.202

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.333

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.077

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.918

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.302

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.503

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.193

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 6.253

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.145

And all notifications have disappeared 3.781

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.760

# 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 4.082

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.234

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.721

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.864

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.319

# "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" 1.101

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.874

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.339

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.337

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.612

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 6.203

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.068

And the network is plugged 0.029

And Tor is ready 6.977

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 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771

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	5:48.685	Passed

Feature Report