Cucumber Reports (no 68) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	68	05 Oct 2026, 16:28

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:2.943	Passed

18.182

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.375

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 11.750

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.028

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.470

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 6.550

When the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.710

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.922

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.189

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.991

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.401

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.165

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.048

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.807

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.699

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.404

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.085

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.376

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.135

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.568

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.252

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 44.370

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.933

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.872

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.469

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.416

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.544

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.437

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.364

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.118

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.029

And I start the computer 0.728

And the computer boots Tails 31.297

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.189

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.792

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 6.523

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.071

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 19.125

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:9.037

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.712

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146

And all notifications have disappeared 3.105

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.153

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.668

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.228

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.886

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.049

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.340

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.142

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.347

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.525

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.400

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.137

And all notifications have disappeared 3.743

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.813

# 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 4.509

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.330

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.466

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.544

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.337

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.288

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.109

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 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.311

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.570

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 6.605

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 8.484

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.374

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 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884

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	6:2.943	Passed

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