Cucumber Reports (no 6) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_flatpak-whisperback	6	14 May 2026, 21:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:28.439	Passed

20.676

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.819

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 13.758

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.889

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.195

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.634

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.486

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.627

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.363

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.556

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 6.545

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.237

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.522

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.772

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.175

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.239

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.597

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.831

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.274

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 54.767

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.715

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.599

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:6.310

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.713

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.613

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 55.650

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.321

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.872

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.170

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

And I start the computer 0.865

And the computer boots Tails 37.361

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.467

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.704

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.844

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.103

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.688

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.770

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 7.073

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.259

And all notifications have disappeared 3.730

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.225

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.707

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.040

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.349

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.414

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.222

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.287

# 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:531 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.804

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.004

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.584

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.309

And all notifications have disappeared 4.094

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.438

# 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 4.228

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.217

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.508

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.833

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.455

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.253

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.318

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.334

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.249

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.607

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.751

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.703

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.074

And the network is plugged 0.022

And Tor is ready 8.362

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.583

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 0.361

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.932

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	6:28.439	Passed

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