Cucumber Reports (no 56) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	56	28 Sep 2026, 17:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:54.423	Passed

19.816

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.271

When the network is plugged 0.044

And I successfully configure Tor 13.448

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.644

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.284

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.840

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.159

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.309

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.025

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.805

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.172

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.185

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.321

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.339

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.354

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.355

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 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.000

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.481

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 1.233

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 44.084

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.190

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.526

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.445

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.069

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.195

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.811

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.349

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.088

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.660

And the computer boots Tails 31.538

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.481

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.902

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 6.578

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.076

When the network is plugged 0.043

And I successfully configure Tor 18.160

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.346

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.133

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

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

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.770

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.677

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.019

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.765

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.994

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.310

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.098

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.066

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.366

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.109

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.380

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 4.013

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.719

# 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 4.356

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.326

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.401

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.272

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.191

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.188

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.362

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.295

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.135

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 6.449

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.068

And the network is plugged 0.040

And Tor is ready 9.218

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.353

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 0.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651

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	5:54.423	Passed

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