Cucumber Reports (no 52) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	52	21 Oct 2026, 19:53

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:38.473	Passed

18.041

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.137

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 11.828

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.293

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.282

When the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.719

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.582

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.625

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.739

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 6.148

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.133

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.840

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.033

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.016

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.472

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.309

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.341

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 6.148

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.169

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 41.824

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.190

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.199

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.155

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.039

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.744

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.255

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.660

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 0.082

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

And I start the computer 0.591

And the computer boots Tails 29.929

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.003

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.191

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.076

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 17.639

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.620

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 6.273

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.121

And all notifications have disappeared 2.996

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.682

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.802

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.753

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.909

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.320

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.093

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.935

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.448

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.115

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.248

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.181

And all notifications have disappeared 3.266

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.830

# 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 4.157

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.132

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.298

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.526

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.253

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.264

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.085

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.413

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.284

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.458

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.200

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.072

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 7.798

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.343

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953

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	5:38.473	Passed

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