Cucumber Reports (no 51) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	51	19 Oct 2026, 19:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:42.201	Passed

18.206

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.175

When the network is plugged 0.046

And I successfully configure Tor 11.945

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.385

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.047

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 6.148

When the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.693

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.211

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.923

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.174

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.297

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.127

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.986

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.936

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.199

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.024

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.555

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.830

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.486

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.152

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 43.050

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.134

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.124

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.128

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.997

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 41.713

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.281

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.531

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.074

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

And I start the computer 0.687

And the computer boots Tails 29.708

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.724

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 6.138

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.115

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 17.401

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.135

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.268

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.153

And all notifications have disappeared 3.638

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.828

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.530

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.265

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.428

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.679

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.268

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.083

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.966

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.886

# 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 0.462

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.637

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 6.160

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.200

And all notifications have disappeared 3.207

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.610

# 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 4.119

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.595

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.910

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.346

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.323

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.069

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.598

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.170

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.304

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.787

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 0.005

Steps

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

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 6.967

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.500

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 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.514

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	5:42.201	Passed

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