Cucumber Reports (no 45) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	45	23 Sep 2026, 03:16

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:33.077	Passed

18.534

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 6.195

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 12.250

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.327

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.178

When the network is plugged 0.046

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.735

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.412

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.907

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.973

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.156

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.132

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.788

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.283

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.179

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.345

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

47.425

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 6.174

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.211

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 40.629

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.404

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.488

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.232

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 6.290

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.948

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 40.265

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.723

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.099

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 0.074

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

And I start the computer 0.590

And the computer boots Tails 29.315

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.107

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.503

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 6.224

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 17.115

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.270

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 6.190

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.120

And all notifications have disappeared 3.532

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.696

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.668

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.242

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.526

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.537

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.287

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.903

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.329

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.110

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 6.188

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.160

And all notifications have disappeared 3.549

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.733

# 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 4.079

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.169

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.743

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.430

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.310

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.132

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.091

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.916

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.307

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.224

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.600

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 6.312

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 7.873

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.304

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 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850

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	5:33.077	Passed

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