Cucumber Reports (no 30) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	30	28 Sep 2026, 19:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:0.658	Passed

19.550

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.624

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 12.844

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.369

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.113

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.960

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.633

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.402

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.621

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.225

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.355

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.722

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 6.335

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.176

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.819

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.411

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.258

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.630

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.395

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.339

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 6.947

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.231

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 46.714

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.441

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.090

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 6.352

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.756

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 45.699

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.275

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.285

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.105

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

And I start the computer 0.613

And the computer boots Tails 31.501

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.081

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 6.646

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.117

When the network is plugged 0.043

And I successfully configure Tor 19.211

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.470

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.366

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 6.536

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.000

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.084

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.323

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.622

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.316

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.691

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.498

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.356

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.079

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.695

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.903

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.383

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.085

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.687

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.385

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.170

And all notifications have disappeared 3.658

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.079

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.645

# 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 4.938

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.253

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.623

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.941

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.373

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.314

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.986

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.696

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.417

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.462

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.573

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.422

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.082

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 7.649

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.386

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 0.322

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.125

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	6:0.658	Passed

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