Cucumber Reports (no 50) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	50	24 Sep 2026, 14:52

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:39.191	Passed

18.123

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.152

When the network is plugged 0.085

And I successfully configure Tor 11.857

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.028

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.343

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.676

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.203

When the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.864

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.741

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.782

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.418

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.142

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.140

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.202

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.636

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.927

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.026

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.304

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.304

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.404

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.185

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 42.651

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.020

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 6.203

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.808

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 42.151

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.851

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.627

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.092

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

And I start the computer 0.669

And the computer boots Tails 29.814

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.840

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 6.343

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.067

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 17.351

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.348

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.199

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 6.259

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.159

And all notifications have disappeared 4.108

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.750

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.779

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.152

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.868

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.309

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.354

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.887

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.333

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.756

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.185

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 3.682

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.752

# 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 4.251

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.241

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.662

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.601

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" 0.163

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.093

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.980

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.349

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.159

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.223

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.304

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.090

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 8.421

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.375

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825

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	5:39.191	Passed

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