Cucumber Reports (no 10) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	10	10 Jun 2026, 13:30

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:16.060	Passed

21.465

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.863

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 14.504

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.810

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.647

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 6.586

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.442

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.953

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.592

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.580

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 6.603

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.254

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.378

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.422

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.489

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.106

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.302

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.158

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.989

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.346

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.918

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.233

And I warm reboot the computer 0.027

And the computer reboots Tails 48.862

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.304

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.021

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.885

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.722

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.177

And I warm reboot the computer 0.023

And the computer reboots Tails 51.178

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.783

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.728

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.120

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.066

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.744

And the computer boots Tails 34.991

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.312

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.974

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.984

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.075

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.766

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.742

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.066

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162

And all notifications have disappeared 3.403

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.312

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.721

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.221

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.992

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.501

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.405

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.265

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.400

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.165

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.872

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.075

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.657

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.192

And all notifications have disappeared 3.272

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.247

# 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 4.101

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.356

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.562

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.224

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" 0.254

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.965

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.297

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.324

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.142

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.210

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.852

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.090

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 8.815

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.433

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.944

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

	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	6:16.060	Passed

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