Cucumber Reports (no 91) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	91	17 Oct 2026, 03:30

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:38.888	Passed

18.076

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.417

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 11.585

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.754

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 6.320

When the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.840

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.333

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.193

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.657

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 6.431

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.143

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.940

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.627

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.056

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.360

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.007

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 6.247

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.184

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 42.378

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.189

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.112

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.646

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 6.575

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.072

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 41.852

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.140

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.307

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.085

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.607

And the computer boots Tails 29.548

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.668

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 6.632

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.136

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 17.826

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.379

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.730

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 6.223

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.709

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.078

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.235

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.510

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.543

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.371

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.268

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.089

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.880

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.418

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.190

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 6.262

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.143

And all notifications have disappeared 3.869

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.856

# 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 4.154

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.227

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.391

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.054

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.265

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.148

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.098

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.987

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.361

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.293

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.848

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.656

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.078

And the network is plugged 0.035

And Tor is ready 7.703

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.370

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 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580

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	5:38.888	Passed

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