Cucumber Reports (no 39) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	39	18 Sep 2026, 03:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:34.269	Passed

18.738

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 6.380

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 12.273

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.159

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 6.443

When the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.938

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.587

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.105

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.096

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.286

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.168

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.791

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.819

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.552

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.385

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.034

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.131

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.149

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 41.298

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.442

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.915

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 6.095

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.822

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.326

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.666

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.846

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.081

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

And I start the computer 0.679

And the computer boots Tails 29.027

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.455

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 6.389

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 16.919

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.699

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 6.277

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.733

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.047

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.712

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.627

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.232

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.545

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.747

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.301

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.731

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.362

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.899

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 6.288

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.135

And all notifications have disappeared 3.767

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.675

# 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 4.106

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.186

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.568

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.849

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.359

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.296

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.898

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.300

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.303

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.519

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.422

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.176

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.083

And the network is plugged 0.037

And Tor is ready 6.765

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.352

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 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037

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	5:34.269	Passed

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