Cucumber Reports (no 8) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	8	23 Aug 2026, 03:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:57.919	Passed

18.516

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 6.214

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 12.209

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.448

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 6.157

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.863

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.468

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.882

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.003

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.245

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.156

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.908

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.433

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.829

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.359

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.661

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.170

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.191

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 41.941

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.348

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.990

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.238

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.739

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.208

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.799

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.796

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 0.080

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

And I start the computer 0.624

And the computer boots Tails 28.992

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

48.234

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 29.557

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.087

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 17.524

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.293

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.038

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.233

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.123

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.756

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.565

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.246

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.714

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.896

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.273

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.068

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.833

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.312

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.043

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 6.154

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184

And all notifications have disappeared 3.345

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.827

# 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 3.757

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.691

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.862

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.261

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.126

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.966

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.308

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.166

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

13.930

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 6.191

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

And the network is plugged 0.043

And Tor is ready 6.326

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.301

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 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.090

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	5:57.919	Passed

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