Cucumber Reports (no 64) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	64	03 Oct 2026, 03:19

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:35.204	Passed

18.891

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 6.386

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 12.452

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.027

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.231

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.339

When the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.981

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 8.909

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.914

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.375

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.351

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.163

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.936

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.397

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.117

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.327

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.540

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.560

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.296

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.184

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 41.882

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.180

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.905

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.288

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.620

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.354

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.637

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.528

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.078

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.646

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.075

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

And I start the computer 0.638

And the computer boots Tails 28.877

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.108

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.208

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.130

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 16.695

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.729

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.523

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.893

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.045

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.693

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.451

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.611

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.439

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.307

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.073

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.951

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 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.902

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.234

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.482

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.746

# 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 3.840

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.594

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.340

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.270

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.267

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.932

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.360

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.343

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.853

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

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

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.127

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 7.137

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.378

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.296

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627

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	5:35.204	Passed

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