Cucumber Reports (no 47) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	47	15 Oct 2026, 19:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:42.703	Passed

19.731

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.508

When the network is plugged 0.059

And I successfully configure Tor 13.119

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.315

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.057

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 6.382

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.874

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.370

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.325

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.080

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.728

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.271

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.201

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.790

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.690

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.244

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.455

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.763

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 6.223

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.162

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 42.553

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.817

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.115

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 6.397

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.721

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 42.893

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.097

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.850

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 0.079

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

And I start the computer 0.702

And the computer boots Tails 30.013

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.562

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 6.506

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.087

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 17.901

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.754

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 6.167

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

And all notifications have disappeared 2.924

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.714

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.750

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.501

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.724

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.367

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.551

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.470

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.324

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 6.391

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.142

And all notifications have disappeared 3.625

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.682

# 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 4.154

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.165

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.320

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.845

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.363

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.293

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.444

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.440

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.298

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.814

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 6.134

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.066

And the network is plugged 0.035

And Tor is ready 8.227

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.345

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 0.395

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944

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	5:42.703	Passed

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