Cucumber Reports (no 16) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	16	13 Sep 2026, 19:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:37.534	Passed

17.103

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.246

When the network is plugged 0.053

And I successfully configure Tor 10.733

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.828

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.207

When the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.964

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.516

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.048

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.545

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 6.100

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.190

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And the network is plugged 0.067

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.875

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.209

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.489

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.559

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.496

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.317

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 6.177

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.160

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 42.665

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.301

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.124

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.137

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.987

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.201

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.793

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.425

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.080

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.690

And the computer boots Tails 29.600

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.473

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.724

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.206

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.109

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 17.326

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.381

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.601

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.314

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.141

And all notifications have disappeared 3.526

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.692

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.669

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.349

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.657

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.313

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.089

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.489

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.575

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 6.159

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.143

And all notifications have disappeared 3.208

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.841

# 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 3.997

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.276

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.496

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.318

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.282

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.086

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.461

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.796

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.284

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.409

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.287

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.180

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.065

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 8.602

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.407

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 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.591

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002

	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	5:37.534	Passed

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