Cucumber Reports (no 99) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	99	25 Oct 2026, 03:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:35.427	Passed

18.212

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.338

When the network is plugged 0.048

And I successfully configure Tor 11.785

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.055

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.222

When the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.768

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.048

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.942

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.028

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.488

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.212

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.155

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.046

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.761

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.982

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.972

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 0.323

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.239

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 6.169

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.198

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 41.473

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.388

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.017

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 6.370

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.650

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 41.505

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.482

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.272

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 0.102

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.015

And I start the computer 0.597

And the computer boots Tails 28.505

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.685

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.586

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.096

When the network is plugged 0.041

And I successfully configure Tor 16.912

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.164

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.294

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.132

And all notifications have disappeared 3.881

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.041

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.701

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.711

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.223

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.278

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.238

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.257

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.091

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 0.350

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.397

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.235

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.139

And all notifications have disappeared 3.726

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.789

# 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 4.110

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.234

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.289

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.585

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.315

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.212

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.924

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 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.279

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.892

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.158

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.086

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 7.328

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.279

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 0.007

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557

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	5:35.427	Passed

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