Cucumber Reports (no 14) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	14	15 Jun 2026, 08:05

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:4.247	Passed

20.184

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.679

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 13.448

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.389

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.755

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.283

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.167

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.114

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.934

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 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.775

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.257

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.735

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.676

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.024

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.382

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.464

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.028

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.840

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.298

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 49.371

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.246

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.704

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.536

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.685

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.313

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.902

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given a computer 0.150

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 0.729

And the computer boots Tails 31.940

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.315

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.837

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.121

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.297

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.499

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.710

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 3.450

And I capture all network traffic 0.016

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.089

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.218

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.524

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.262

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.517

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.777

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.370

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.887

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.334

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.783

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.651

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.193

And all notifications have disappeared 3.290

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.296

# 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 4.009

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.270

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.489

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.222

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.357

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.266

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.998

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.270

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.271

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.330

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.528

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.833

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.137

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 8.090

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.414

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 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871

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	6:4.247	Passed

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