Cucumber Reports (no 9) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	9	24 Aug 2026, 16:31

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:13.280	Passed

31.455

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 18.173

When the network is plugged 0.041

And I successfully configure Tor 13.189

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.971

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.173

When the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.901

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.778

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.036

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.293

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 6.318

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.218

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.402

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.845

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.973

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.461

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.290

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.306

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.206

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 44.591

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.180

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.052

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.300

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.756

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 44.963

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.028

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.810

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 0.082

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

And I start the computer 0.637

And the computer boots Tails 31.001

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.529

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 6.383

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.091

When the network is plugged 0.041

And I successfully configure Tor 17.967

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.277

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 6.661

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.194

And all notifications have disappeared 3.857

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.767

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.808

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.219

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.727

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.063

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.364

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.878

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.397

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.114

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.404

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.430

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.218

And all notifications have disappeared 3.803

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.869

# 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 3.867

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.270

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.597

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.713

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.355

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.317

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.189

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.131

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.364

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.199

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.194

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 18.410

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.068

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 7.303

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.003

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.378

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 0.446

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565

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	6:13.280	Passed

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