Cucumber Reports (no 44) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	44	12 Oct 2026, 19:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:50.834	Passed

17.374

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.259

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 11.046

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.182

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.179

When the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.041

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 8.921

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.958

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.338

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.236

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.212

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.784

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.552

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.695

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.778

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.424

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.380

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.233

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.222

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 42.633

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.281

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.162

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

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

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.975

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 42.840

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.138

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.819

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.175

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.651

And the computer boots Tails 29.944

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.935

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 6.155

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.068

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 18.638

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.059

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.325

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 3.886

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.734

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.596

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.528

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.658

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.283

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.068

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.108

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.403

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.983

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 17.965

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.112

And all notifications have disappeared 3.299

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.794

# 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 4.115

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.511

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.386

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.295

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.258

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.272

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.409

# 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" 0.267

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.598

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 6.178

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.076

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 6.933

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.372

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 0.326

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826

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	5:50.834	Passed

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