Cucumber Reports (no 17) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	17	17 Jun 2026, 20:15

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:17.130	Passed

21.032

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 6.817

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 14.133

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.251

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.071

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.847

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.172

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.094

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.866

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.089

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.178

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.254

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.661

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.251

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 0.347

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.847

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 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.897

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.182

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 52.175

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.583

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.138

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 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.093

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.094

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 51.484

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.452

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.543

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 0.040

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014

Steps

Given a computer 0.179

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.035

And I start the computer 0.865

And the computer boots Tails 34.143

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.318

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.702

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.959

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.124

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 19.560

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.581

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 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.408

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.226

And all notifications have disappeared 3.551

And I capture all network traffic 0.032

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.217

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.605

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.851

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.103

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.484

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.254

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.377

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.436

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.047

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.194

And all notifications have disappeared 3.655

And I capture all network traffic 0.028

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.323

# 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 4.225

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.214

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.546

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.252

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.466

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.253

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.403

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.380

# 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" 0.258

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.731

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 0.043

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.029

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.132

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.111

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

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 0.025

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.340

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696

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	6:17.130	Passed

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