Cucumber Reports (no 29) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	29	27 Sep 2026, 20:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:38.538	Passed

18.155

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 6.163

When the network is plugged 0.065

And I successfully configure Tor 11.878

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.355

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.933

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.431

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.811

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.731

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.895

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.558

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.738

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.185

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.140

And I capture all network traffic 0.023

And the network is plugged 0.089

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.785

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.981

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.065

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.434

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.720

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 6.361

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.163

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.484

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.706

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.046

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 6.334

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.711

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 42.586

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.407

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.589

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.076

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.626

And the computer boots Tails 29.829

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.585

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.247

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 17.172

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.859

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 6.255

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.624

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.709

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.694

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.242

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.372

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.868

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.271

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.063

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.384

# 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 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.014

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 6.331

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 4.032

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.729

# 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 3.793

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.266

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.697

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.418

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.299

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.268

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.091

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.462

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.257

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.382

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.894

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 6.278

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.107

And the network is plugged 0.025

And Tor is ready 7.083

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.387

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 0.013

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.351

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890

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	5:38.538	Passed

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