Cucumber Reports (no 20) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	20	21 Jun 2026, 08:15

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:4.781	Passed

18.992

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 6.807

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 12.116

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.150

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 0.036

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.772

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.111

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.029

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.174

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.736

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 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.909

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.205

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.308

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.765

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.116

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 0.349

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.002

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 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.821

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.210

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 49.449

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.512

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.061

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 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.853

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.221

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.527

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.453

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.282

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 0.162

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.021

And I start the computer 0.757

And the computer boots Tails 33.017

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.323

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.830

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 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.059

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.204

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 17.509

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.595

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 6.930

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 3.520

And I capture all network traffic 0.015

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.151

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.505

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.288

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.804

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.307

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.350

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.975

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.325

# 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 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.791

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.979

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 3.661

And I capture all network traffic 0.016

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.173

# 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 3.908

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.225

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.565

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.700

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.396

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.230

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.977

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.322

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.275

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.339

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 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.031

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.678

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.136

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.080

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.400

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 0.024

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.305

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037

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	6:4.781	Passed

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