Cucumber Reports (no 21) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	21	18 Sep 2026, 19:40

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:41.094	Passed

18.177

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.336

When the network is plugged 0.047

And I successfully configure Tor 11.757

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.335

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.668

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.183

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.919

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.630

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.874

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.322

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 6.333

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.177

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.046

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.373

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.558

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.186

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.608

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.525

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.153

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.186

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 42.702

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.477

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.878

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.133

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.762

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.441

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.536

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.806

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.081

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

And I start the computer 0.581

And the computer boots Tails 30.087

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.917

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.259

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.123

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 17.468

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.340

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.623

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.182

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.767

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.662

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.477

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.403

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.531

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.272

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.074

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.293

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.504

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.097

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.384

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.102

And all notifications have disappeared 3.968

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.632

# 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 3.973

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.323

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.281

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.323

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.272

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.264

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.469

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.549

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.337

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.331

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.077

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 6.116

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.079

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 7.448

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.394

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.311

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830

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	5:41.094	Passed

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