Cucumber Reports (no 48) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	48	23 Sep 2026, 16:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:55.839	Passed

20.019

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 6.358

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 13.586

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.035

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.439

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.284

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.248

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.993

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.599

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.603

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.227

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.427

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.772

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.991

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 0.508

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.826

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.852

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.375

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.528

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.813

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.499

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.332

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 46.010

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.964

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.701

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.109

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.015

And I start the computer 0.784

And the computer boots Tails 30.648

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.143

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.403

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.792

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.557

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

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 17.058

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.438

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.561

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 3.915

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.092

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.639

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.551

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.491

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.492

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.384

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.202

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.267

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.454

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.520

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.486

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 3.465

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.976

# 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 4.791

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.683

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.275

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.293

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.293

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.109

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.366

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.242

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.148

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.092

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.697

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.084

And the network is plugged 0.037

And Tor is ready 8.899

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.370

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 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872

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	5:55.839	Passed

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