Cucumber Reports (no 41) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	41	09 Oct 2026, 19:45

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:39.346	Passed

18.404

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 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.273

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 12.054

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.182

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.296

When the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.842

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.894

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.047

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.543

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 6.213

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.129

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.850

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.494

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.319

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 0.441

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.231

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 6.317

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.158

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 42.534

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.216

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.990

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 6.127

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.874

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.323

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.660

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.535

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.081

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

And I start the computer 0.686

And the computer boots Tails 29.687

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.837

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.201

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

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 17.480

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.698

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.230

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.214

And all notifications have disappeared 3.765

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.042

And the network is plugged 0.050

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.745

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.597

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.265

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.234

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.593

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.322

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.085

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.070

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.429

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.196

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.188

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 3.562

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.814

# 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 3.774

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.138

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.287

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.505

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.506

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.292

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.084

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.973

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.491

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.328

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.725

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 6.084

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.071

And the network is plugged 0.037

And Tor is ready 7.088

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.440

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 0.360

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572

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	5:39.346	Passed

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