Cucumber Reports (no 79) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	79	08 Oct 2026, 03:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:31.896	Passed

18.006

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.192

When the network is plugged 0.048

And I successfully configure Tor 11.726

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.294

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.218

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 6.193

When the network is plugged 0.047

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.847

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 8.942

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.157

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.112

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.112

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.145

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.053

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.753

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.452

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.222

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.325

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.741

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.146

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.219

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 41.425

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.938

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.062

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.140

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.933

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.168

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.816

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.786

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.078

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

And I start the computer 0.627

And the computer boots Tails 29.030

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.339

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 6.272

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.069

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 16.932

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.728

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.410

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.133

And all notifications have disappeared 3.494

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.045

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.769

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.480

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.706

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.878

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.290

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.770

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.335

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.399

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 6.127

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.147

And all notifications have disappeared 3.312

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.659

# 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 3.963

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.164

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.297

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.370

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.300

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.255

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.083

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.966

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.323

# 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" 0.343

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.435

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.500

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 6.182

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.063

And the network is plugged 0.025

And Tor is ready 6.774

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.450

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 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925

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	5:31.896	Passed

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