Cucumber Reports (no 75) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	75	06 Oct 2026, 19:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:43.381	Passed

17.730

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 6.479

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 11.185

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.563

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 6.282

When the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.001

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.375

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.823

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.965

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 6.633

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.147

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.943

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.606

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.191

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.370

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.383

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 6.640

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.210

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 43.423

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.097

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.153

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 6.217

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.927

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.300

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.703

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.257

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 0.090

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.022

And I start the computer 0.727

And the computer boots Tails 30.374

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.124

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 6.252

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.093

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 18.698

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.259

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 6.386

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.172

And all notifications have disappeared 3.443

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.720

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.679

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.195

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.529

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.444

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.264

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.876

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.318

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.050

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 6.314

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.715

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.753

# 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 4.080

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.234

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.463

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.853

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.336

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.374

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.088

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.111

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.319

# 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" 0.145

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.892

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.285

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.124

And the network is plugged 0.064

And Tor is ready 7.077

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.338

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577

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	5:43.381	Passed

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