Cucumber Reports (no 21) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	21	22 Jun 2026, 08:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:19.172	Passed

20.560

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 0.021

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 13.508

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.236

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.954

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.879

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.061

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.228

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.093

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.940

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.873

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.194

And I capture all network traffic 0.011

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.367

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.678

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.386

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.353

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.810

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 0.075

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.197

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.306

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.245

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 52.689

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.550

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.110

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.079

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 0.029

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.185

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.897

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 52.928

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.602

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given a computer 0.178

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 0.918

And the computer boots Tails 33.405

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.546

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 0.052

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.103

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.179

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.162

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.147

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.002

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.827

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.206

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.156

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.968

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.242

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.891

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.284

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.399

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.129

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.373

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.366

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 0.029

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.112

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.202

And all notifications have disappeared 3.537

And I capture all network traffic 0.023

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.302

# 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 4.359

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.190

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" 15.181

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.361

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.244

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.506

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.378

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.291

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.027

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.067

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.135

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 7.394

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.383

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 0.022

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.321

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.232

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	6:19.172	Passed

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