Cucumber Reports (no 20) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	20	17 Sep 2026, 19:57

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:2.000	Passed

18.499

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.320

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 12.096

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.383

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.924

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.456

When the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.727

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.406

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.232

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.418

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.507

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.362

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.193

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.922

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.208

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.210

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.519

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.305

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.088

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.890

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.507

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.268

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 44.093

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.010

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.208

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.712

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.505

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 44.675

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.303

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.752

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 0.083

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.666

And the computer boots Tails 30.918

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.274

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 6.471

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.089

When the network is plugged 0.049

And I successfully configure Tor 17.625

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.534

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.324

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.310

And all notifications have disappeared 3.904

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.952

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.603

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.138

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.457

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.300

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.322

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.315

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.600

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.368

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.067

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.269

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.463

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.851

# 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 4.043

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.178

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.376

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.873

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.371

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.148

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.086

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.449

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.536

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.175

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.340

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.387

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.068

And the network is plugged 0.028

And Tor is ready 7.115

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.735

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:535 0.365

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	6:2.000	Passed

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