Cucumber Reports (no 43) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	43	11 Oct 2026, 19:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:40.521	Passed

18.191

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 6.178

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 11.946

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.316

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.876

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 6.075

When the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.936

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.284

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.468

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.144

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.075

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.156

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.068

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.020

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.988

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 0.758

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.450

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.510

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 6.180

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.156

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 42.782

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.382

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.480

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.236

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.218

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.030

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 41.956

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.025

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.641

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 0.078

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

And I start the computer 0.591

And the computer boots Tails 29.916

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.772

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.184

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.094

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 17.414

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.536

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.195

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.164

And all notifications have disappeared 3.816

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.049

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.719

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.682

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.243

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.641

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.943

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.302

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.239

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.365

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.303

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 6.117

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.139

And all notifications have disappeared 3.768

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.680

# 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 4.242

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.156

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.471

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.861

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.289

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.340

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.141

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.666

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.423

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.308

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 6.209

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.053

And Tor is ready 7.458

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.507

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.305

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637

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	5:40.521	Passed

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