Cucumber Reports (no 44) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	44	22 Sep 2026, 13:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:48.798	Passed

18.256

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.563

When the network is plugged 0.055

And I successfully configure Tor 11.599

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.259

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.306

When the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.431

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.451

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.989

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.259

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 6.489

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.214

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.304

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.882

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.950

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.349

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.422

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.908

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.226

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 44.824

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.450

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.514

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.233

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.241

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.996

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.900

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.091

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.664

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.082

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.026

And I start the computer 0.657

And the computer boots Tails 29.850

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.891

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 6.217

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.110

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 17.497

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.577

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 6.645

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.153

And all notifications have disappeared 3.569

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.743

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.777

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.378

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.942

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.284

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.384

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.309

# 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 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.978

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.341

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

And all notifications have disappeared 2.868

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.827

# 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 4.026

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.177

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.341

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.822

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.373

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.289

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 8.084

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.324

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.146

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.255

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.772

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.126

And the network is plugged 0.035

And Tor is ready 9.014

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	5:48.798	Passed

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