Cucumber Reports (no 36) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	36	04 Oct 2026, 19:43

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:49.944	Passed

16.917

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 6.179

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 10.637

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.543

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.345

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.841

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.078

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.181

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.159

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 6.390

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.159

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.799

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.004

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.077

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.641

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.341

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.903

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.282

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.183

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 42.384

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.499

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.287

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 6.219

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.080

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.858

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.124

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.822

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.102

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.015

And I start the computer 0.600

And the computer boots Tails 30.063

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.940

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.231

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 18.552

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.051

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 0.004

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 1.132

And all notifications have disappeared 3.821

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.721

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.689

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.226

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.512

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.692

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.313

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.064

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.003

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.447

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.840

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 6.209

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.149

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.706

# 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 4.098

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.364

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.397

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.347

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.321

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.094

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.232

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.363

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.201

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.477

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 17.818

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

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 7.102

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.459

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 0.334

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851

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	5:49.944	Passed

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