Cucumber Reports (no 19) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	19	20 Jun 2026, 08:19

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:13.588	Passed

20.656

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 13.508

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.191

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.027

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.431

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.428

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.220

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.310

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 0.046

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.357

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.229

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And the network is plugged 0.063

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.333

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.701

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.191

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.365

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.642

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 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.388

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.246

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 52.429

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.570

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.352

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.085

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.275

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.483

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.502

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.291

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 0.188

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067

Steps

Given a computer 0.162

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.030

And I start the computer 0.907

And the computer boots Tails 33.784

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.406

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.532

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 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.114

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

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.190

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.049

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 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.960

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.214

And all notifications have disappeared 3.261

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.183

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.712

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.208

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.187

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.830

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.419

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.346

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.451

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.299

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.303

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 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.173

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184

And all notifications have disappeared 3.329

And I capture all network traffic 0.082

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.227

# 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 4.252

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.274

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.443

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.682

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.413

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.241

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.183

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.399

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.233

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.259

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.230

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.159

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.480

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.350

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 0.021

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.342

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825

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	6:13.588	Passed

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