Cucumber Reports (no 31) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	31	29 Sep 2026, 19:53

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:57.256	Passed

19.762

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 6.604

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 13.077

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.485

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.958

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 6.533

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.906

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.650

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.789

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.350

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.139

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 6.475

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.203

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.029

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.520

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.301

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.533

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.655

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 6.450

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.176

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.699

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.324

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.761

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.611

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.159

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.695

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.289

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.098

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014

Steps

Given a computer 0.102

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.017

And I start the computer 0.723

And the computer boots Tails 32.207

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.213

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 6.574

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.091

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 19.444

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.471

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.160

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 6.558

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.159

And all notifications have disappeared 3.597

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.922

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.667

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.240

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.621

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.296

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.323

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.081

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.461

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 1.087

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.471

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.787

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.663

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.275

And all notifications have disappeared 3.109

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.748

# 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 4.118

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.609

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.871

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.367

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.150

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.908

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.406

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.221

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.717

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.413

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.067

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 8.804

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.391

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.532

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	5:57.256	Passed

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