Cucumber Reports (no 10) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	10	09 Sep 2026, 19:33

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:10.026	Passed

19.883

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.739

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 13.068

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.394

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.143

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.543

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.773

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.499

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.233

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.517

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.999

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.726

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.175

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.324

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.221

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.726

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.735

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.380

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.830

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.321

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.328

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 46.751

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.418

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.991

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 0.044

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.032

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.686

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.300

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.169

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.828

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.326

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.006

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 0.098

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.691

And the computer boots Tails 32.157

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.041

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.733

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.130

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 19.090

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.549

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.248

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 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.200

And all notifications have disappeared 4.045

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.155

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.262

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.468

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.485

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.273

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.382

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.557

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.510

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.383

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.530

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 6.709

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.234

And all notifications have disappeared 4.166

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.196

# 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 4.673

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.286

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.613

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.832

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.442

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.321

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.181

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.466

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.174

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.350

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.486

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

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 10.141

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.614

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.942

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

	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	6:10.026	Passed

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