Cucumber Reports (no 15) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	15	16 Jun 2026, 08:12

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:59.998	Passed

19.239

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.879

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 12.255

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.415

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 0.029

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.850

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.723

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.774

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.987

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.498

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.800

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.167

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.768

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.410

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.969

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

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:535 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.121

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.673

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.203

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 48.564

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.673

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.601

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.774

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.827

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 47.833

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.158

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.543

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.149

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 0.014

Steps

Given a computer 0.139

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.023

And I start the computer 0.858

And the computer boots Tails 32.081

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.659

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 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.945

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.145

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 17.496

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.804

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 0.056

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.811

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 3.260

And I capture all network traffic 0.015

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.164

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.522

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.234

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.564

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.086

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.440

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.924

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.286

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.929

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.884

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.155

And all notifications have disappeared 3.183

And I capture all network traffic 0.015

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.142

# 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 3.944

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.330

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.432

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.603

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.348

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.263

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.911

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.282

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.241

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.579

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.752

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.151

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 9.282

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.341

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 0.017

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.338

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781

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	5:59.998	Passed

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