Cucumber Reports (no 50) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	50	18 Oct 2026, 19:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:51.628	Passed

19.339

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 6.194

When the network is plugged 0.048

And I successfully configure Tor 13.064

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.632

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.418

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 6.178

When the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.761

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.130

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.247

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.399

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.788

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 17.712

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.167

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.061

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.961

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.691

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.280

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.867

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.433

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.971

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.298

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.024

And the computer reboots Tails 41.935

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.550

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.461

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.306

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 6.130

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.175

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 42.147

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.846

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.853

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 0.073

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

And I start the computer 0.616

And the computer boots Tails 30.109

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.666

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 6.237

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.077

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 17.282

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.500

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.219

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 6.259

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 4.061

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.775

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.712

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.193

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.495

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.101

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.240

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.328

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.642

# 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 0.317

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.417

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.198

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 4.003

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.624

# 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 4.289

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.271

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.227

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.224

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.302

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.078

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.148

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.419

# 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" 0.165

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.050

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.647

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.173

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 7.004

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.361

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 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719

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	5:51.628	Passed

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