Cucumber Reports (no 67) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	67	05 Oct 2026, 14:58

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:55.674	Passed

19.006

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.505

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 12.411

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.803

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.463

When the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.860

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.813

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.572

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.082

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.572

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.201

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.807

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.082

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.973

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.365

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.972

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.350

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.303

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 45.907

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.402

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.749

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 6.595

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.153

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 44.499

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.496

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.078

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 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.097

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

And I start the computer 0.691

And the computer boots Tails 31.230

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.376

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.215

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.151

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 18.943

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.513

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.585

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 7.065

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.202

And all notifications have disappeared 3.241

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.865

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.781

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.301

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.931

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.989

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.495

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.399

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.684

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.541

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.214

And all notifications have disappeared 3.834

And I capture all network traffic 0.014

And the network is plugged 0.083

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.868

# 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 4.055

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.261

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.792

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

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

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.418

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.132

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.178

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.352

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.272

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.335

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 6.249

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.226

And the network is plugged 0.107

And Tor is ready 9.395

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.352

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 0.294

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.460

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	5:55.674	Passed

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