Cucumber Reports (no 18) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	18	15 Sep 2026, 19:53

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:56.300	Passed

18.219

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.285

When the network is plugged 0.052

And I successfully configure Tor 11.843

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.397

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 6.331

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.843

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.063

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.066

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.360

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.179

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 18.122

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.172

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.048

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.702

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.171

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.193

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.695

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.439

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.284

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.212

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.148

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 42.559

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.355

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.998

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.220

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.767

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.039

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.967

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.760

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 0.097

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.601

And the computer boots Tails 29.998

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.338

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.353

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.076

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 17.815

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.338

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.044

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.033

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 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.140

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.164

And all notifications have disappeared 3.928

And I capture all network traffic 0.011

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.049

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.200

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.584

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.287

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.177

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.494

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.306

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.990

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.496

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.146

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 6.345

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.147

And all notifications have disappeared 3.400

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.663

# 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 4.096

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.618

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.542

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.395

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.263

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.574

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.499

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.251

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.942

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.390

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

And the network is plugged 0.031

And Tor is ready 7.055

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.395

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 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 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	5:56.300	Passed

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