Cucumber Reports (no 88) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	88	14 Oct 2026, 03:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:41.981	Passed

25.923

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 6.190

When the network is plugged 0.051

And I successfully configure Tor 19.636

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.506

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.634

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 6.265

When the network is plugged 0.066

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.012

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.434

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.819

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.750

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 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.340

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.222

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.905

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.395

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.462

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.363

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.313

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 6.184

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.234

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.968

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.920

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.195

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 6.247

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.960

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.208

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.775

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.672

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.130

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

And I start the computer 0.643

And the computer boots Tails 28.843

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.184

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 6.130

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.104

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 16.874

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.548

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 6.329

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.140

And all notifications have disappeared 2.655

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.707

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.716

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.194

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.262

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.806

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.274

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.082

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.826

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.404

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.067

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 6.113

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.122

And all notifications have disappeared 3.394

And I capture all network traffic 0.015

And the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.745

# 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 4.018

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.234

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.357

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.990

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.290

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.144

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.962

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.309

# 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" 0.163

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.690

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 6.179

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.087

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 8.092

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.298

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878

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	5:41.981	Passed

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