Cucumber Reports (no 26) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	26	24 Sep 2026, 20:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:47.790	Passed

20.171

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 6.253

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 13.798

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.085

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.762

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.771

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 6.163

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.409

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.949

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.191

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.302

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

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

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.883

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.927

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.879

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 1.044

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.418

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.841

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.195

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.184

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 42.446

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.122

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" 1.907

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 43.658

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.330

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.818

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 0.071

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

And I start the computer 0.616

And the computer boots Tails 30.077

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.170

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.261

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.131

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 17.720

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.387

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.645

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.231

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 6.134

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.179

And all notifications have disappeared 3.062

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.061

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.697

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.847

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.246

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.324

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.414

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.319

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.084

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.197

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.590

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.887

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 6.105

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.137

And all notifications have disappeared 3.924

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.968

# 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 3.923

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.288

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.744

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.293

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.309

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.123

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.398

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.330

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.335

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.472

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.237

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.066

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 9.670

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.466

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

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.106

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

	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	5:47.790	Passed

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