Cucumber Reports (no 4) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_flatpak-whisperback	4	13 May 2026, 20:54

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:0.948	Passed

19.932

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 6.378

When the network is plugged 0.012

And I successfully configure Tor 13.499

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.631

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.132

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.447

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.332

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.228

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.053

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.118

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.003

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.565

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 6.428

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.154

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.389

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.829

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.396

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.304

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.025

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.034

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 6.593

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.219

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.419

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.796

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.591

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.284

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 6.492

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.788

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.821

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.176

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.061

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.898

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.324

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 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.047

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.705

And the computer boots Tails 32.275

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.289

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.746

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.265

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 6.367

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.092

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 17.743

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.205

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 6.469

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.262

And all notifications have disappeared 3.387

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.048

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.202

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.446

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.190

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.628

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.732

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.413

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.190

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.893

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.272

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.844

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.857

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 6.438

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 3.353

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.222

# 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 3.922

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.438

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.707

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.407

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.281

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.987

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.281

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.255

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.346

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.495

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.067

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.279

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.483

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.653

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	6:0.948	Passed

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