Cucumber Reports (no 5) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	5	08 Sep 2026, 18:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:53.482	Passed

19.586

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.288

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 13.224

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.432

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.003

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.246

When the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.038

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.453

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.172

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.415

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.513

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 6.453

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.211

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.022

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.783

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.447

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.498

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.317

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.243

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.352

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.294

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 45.145

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.440

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.060

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 6.275

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.782

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.878

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.119

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.492

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 0.009

Steps

Given a computer 0.106

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 0.713

And the computer boots Tails 30.594

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.228

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 6.787

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.100

When the network is plugged 0.059

And I successfully configure Tor 19.239

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.508

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.659

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 6.389

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.215

And all notifications have disappeared 3.994

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 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.982

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.714

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.231

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.560

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.027

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.273

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.148

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.327

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.655

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.316

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.655

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.501

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.145

And all notifications have disappeared 3.988

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.734

# 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 4.100

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.336

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.650

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.151

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.282

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.272

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.097

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.556

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.565

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.187

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.416

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.041

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.575

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.079

And the network is plugged 0.029

And Tor is ready 6.964

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.386

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 0.350

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787

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	5:53.482	Passed

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