Cucumber Reports (no 71) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	71	05 Oct 2026, 20:57

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:45.790	Passed

17.379

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 10.829

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.053

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 0.004

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.694

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.075

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.984

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.982

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 6.341

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.513

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.654

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.911

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.317

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.500

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 6.833

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.297

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 45.384

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.973

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.470

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.281

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 6.324

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.953

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.840

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.158

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.853

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.071

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

And I start the computer 0.669

And the computer boots Tails 30.056

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.037

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 6.448

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.181

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 17.350

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.886

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 6.251

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148

And all notifications have disappeared 3.973

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.044

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.681

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.800

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.139

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.515

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.496

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.365

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.093

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.973

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.331

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.027

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.408

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 6.256

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 3.935

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.620

# 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 4.377

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.189

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.523

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.971

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.369

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.352

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.968

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.313

# 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" 0.155

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.405

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 6.333

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.077

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 6.597

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.361

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 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.041

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	5:45.790	Passed

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