Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21653-test-suite-flatpak-uninstall-race	1	15 Jun 2026, 14:47

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:19.937	Passed

21.228

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.693

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 13.457

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.356

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.702

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.176

When the network is plugged 0.217

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.354

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.542

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.364

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.329

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.199

And I capture all network traffic 0.025

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.364

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.421

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.425

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.339

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.126

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.096

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.215

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 53.678

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.129

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.129

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 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.068

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.076

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.156

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.822

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.727

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 0.063

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given a computer 0.225

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.032

And I start the computer 0.975

And the computer boots Tails 33.196

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.297

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.432

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 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.100

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 0.144

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 19.107

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.293

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.105

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.036

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.315

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.207

And all notifications have disappeared 3.688

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.266

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.599

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.214

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.921

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.745

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.447

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.172

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.248

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.988

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 0.035

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.179

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 3.647

And I capture all network traffic 0.024

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.241

# 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 4.293

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.622

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.906

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.404

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.322

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.131

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.006

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.352

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.362

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.320

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.052

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.178

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.645

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.395

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 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.315

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563

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	6:19.937	Passed

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