Cucumber Reports (no 35) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	35	03 Oct 2026, 19:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:43.147	Passed

18.962

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.277

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 12.569

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.088

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.373

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.130

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.324

When the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.817

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.652

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.258

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.426

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.520

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.264

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.144

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.060

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.006

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.233

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.983

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.787

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.400

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.116

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.209

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.155

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 44.842

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.900

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.875

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.199

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.683

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.842

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.145

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.532

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.086

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.787

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.090

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

And I start the computer 0.674

And the computer boots Tails 29.969

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.683

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 6.168

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.075

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 17.378

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.371

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.171

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.156

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.134

And all notifications have disappeared 3.806

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.044

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.691

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.660

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.187

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.404

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.307

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.982

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.469

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.386

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 0.043

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.039

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.209

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.144

And all notifications have disappeared 3.577

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.726

# 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 3.875

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.632

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.845

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.279

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.140

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.015

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.376

# 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" 0.145

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.080

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.514

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.055

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

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 6.967

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.370

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 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884

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	5:43.147	Passed

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