Cucumber Reports (no 55) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	55	24 Oct 2026, 19:45

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:47.706	Passed

17.808

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 6.250

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 11.479

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.309

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.780

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.217

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.781

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.480

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.196

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.569

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.001

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.329

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.159

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.824

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.725

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.291

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.583

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.092

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.069

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.788

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.229

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 44.299

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.733

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.883

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 6.273

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.604

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 43.839

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.161

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.501

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.080

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.774

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 0.088

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.675

And the computer boots Tails 30.949

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.604

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 6.539

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

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 17.898

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.475

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.956

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 6.302

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.234

And I capture all network traffic 0.010

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.083

And the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.613

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.923

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.198

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.447

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.756

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.310

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.234

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.464

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.050

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.945

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.303

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.170

And all notifications have disappeared 3.837

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.601

# 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 4.177

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.151

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.359

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.172

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.515

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.155

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.369

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.553

# 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" 0.378

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.882

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 6.243

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.103

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 8.174

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.331

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 0.509

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002

	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	5:47.706	Passed

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