Cucumber Reports (no 5) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_flatpak-whisperback	5	14 May 2026, 21:08

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:11.906	Passed

20.296

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.510

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 13.724

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.749

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.823

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.522

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.233

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.722

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.280

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.127

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.783

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.174

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.516

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.180

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.346

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.668

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.135

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.261

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.666

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.641

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.220

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.289

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.506

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.951

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.935

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.508

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.427

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 53.109

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.883

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.445

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.049

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.772

And the computer boots Tails 33.286

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.328

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.714

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.163

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.593

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.428

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.041

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.819

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.820

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.191

And all notifications have disappeared 3.613

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.084

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.228

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.570

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.116

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.895

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.389

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.275

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.232

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.360

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.757

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 3.540

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.215

# 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 4.174

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.262

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.521

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.259

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.454

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.258

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.007

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.290

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.250

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.221

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.457

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.129

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 9.157

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.448

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:531 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:11.906	Passed

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