Cucumber Reports (no 39) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	39	07 Oct 2026, 19:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:53.671	Passed

18.854

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 6.408

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 12.353

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.319

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.745

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.378

When the network is plugged 0.052

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.499

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.147

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.626

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.567

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.722

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.444

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.158

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.942

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.078

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.537

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.483

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.321

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.205

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.545

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.193

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 44.341

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.113

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.983

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.520

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.472

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 44.084

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.887

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.970

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.092

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

And I start the computer 0.651

And the computer boots Tails 31.166

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.845

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 6.567

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.072

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 19.123

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.859

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.310

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.140

And all notifications have disappeared 3.658

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 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.822

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.815

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.279

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.595

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.838

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.291

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.093

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.326

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.560

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.322

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.087

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 6.384

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.930

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.253

# 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 4.080

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.172

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.380

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.024

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.263

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.141

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.159

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.486

# 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" 0.450

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.395

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.548

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 7.342

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.396

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.067

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	5:53.671	Passed

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