Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21584-yelp-flatpak-sandbox-escape	1	18 May 2026, 18:03

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:58.339	Passed

19.406

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.491

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 12.802

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.094

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.673

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.353

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.427

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.840

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.873

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.151

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.122

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.763

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.958

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.504

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.154

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.813

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.010

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.175

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.243

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.140

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.751

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.358

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.381

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.158

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.258

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.556

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.060

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.786

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.091

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.607

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.896

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.093

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.982

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.071

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.752

And the computer boots Tails 32.101

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.638

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.390

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.464

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.082

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 17.792

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.652

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.365

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.524

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.300

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.061

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.143

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.510

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.220

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.550

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.333

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.365

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.857

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.185

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.727

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.545

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.515

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 3.480

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.126

# 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 3.852

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.190

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.425

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.617

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.409

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.230

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.099

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.864

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.242

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.276

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.006

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.886

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.376

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.060

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 7.931

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.501

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:531 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.671

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	5:58.339	Passed

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