Cucumber Reports (no 51) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	51	25 Sep 2026, 03:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:37.449	Passed

17.619

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 6.163

When the network is plugged 0.044

And I successfully configure Tor 11.369

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.954

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 6.287

When the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.856

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.857

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.862

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.106

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 6.206

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.156

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.779

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.504

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.802

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.028

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.578

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.625

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.227

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.216

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 41.868

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.303

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.933

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 6.187

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.744

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.355

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.641

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.505

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.134

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 0.076

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.655

And the computer boots Tails 29.350

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.029

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 6.171

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.100

When the network is plugged 0.045

And I successfully configure Tor 18.671

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.813

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 6.226

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.208

And all notifications have disappeared 3.714

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.048

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.871

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.719

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.231

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.237

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.648

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.303

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.107

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.337

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.489

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 6.226

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 3.896

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.654

# 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 4.091

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.238

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.264

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.582

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.370

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.119

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.118

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.309

# 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" 0.265

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.744

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 6.159

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.079

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 9.194

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.270

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776

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	5:37.449	Passed

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