Cucumber Reports (no 41) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	41	20 Sep 2026, 03:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:35.381	Passed

18.609

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 6.393

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 12.138

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.358

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.337

When the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.841

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.240

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.857

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.976

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 6.179

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.145

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.815

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.447

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.927

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.375

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.316

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.583

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 6.173

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.169

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 42.424

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.807

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.917

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 6.183

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.741

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.733

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.253

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.106

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.087

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

And I start the computer 0.602

And the computer boots Tails 29.348

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.545

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 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.280

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

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 17.107

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.634

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 6.211

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.285

And all notifications have disappeared 3.389

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.755

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.561

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.242

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.795

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.772

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.294

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.756

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.307

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.043

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.173

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.179

And all notifications have disappeared 3.257

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.709

# 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 4.155

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.131

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.494

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.802

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.380

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.209

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.926

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.308

# 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" 0.133

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.605

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 6.124

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.073

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 7.067

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.301

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 0.433

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651

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	5:35.381	Passed

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