Cucumber Reports (no 48) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	48	16 Oct 2026, 19:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:42.342	Passed

17.840

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 6.109

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 11.655

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.852

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 6.091

When the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.771

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.849

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.053

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.392

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.370

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 0.002

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.128

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.920

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.312

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.389

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.409

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.454

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

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

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.140

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.945

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.476

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.258

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 6.252

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.014

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.863

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.124

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.685

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.076

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

And I start the computer 0.590

And the computer boots Tails 29.964

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.950

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 6.167

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 18.626

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.360

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.873

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.157

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.154

And all notifications have disappeared 3.529

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.044

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.815

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.653

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.212

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.345

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.981

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.287

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.921

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.582

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.732

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 6.199

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.141

And all notifications have disappeared 3.798

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.835

# 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 3.993

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.247

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.445

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.708

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.302

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.132

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.110

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.472

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.146

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.322

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.202

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.087

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 8.658

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.347

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.460

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915

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	5:42.342	Passed

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