Cucumber Reports (no 34) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	34	07 Jul 2026, 08:07

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:57.871	Passed

18.799

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.486

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 12.259

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.318

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.355

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.592

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.355

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.153

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.196

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.133

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.685

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.139

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.424

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.943

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.392

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.487

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.571

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.440

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.181

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.533

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.409

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.763

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.595

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.172

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 49.028

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.963

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.322

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.612

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.050

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.690

And the computer boots Tails 31.808

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.570

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.365

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.241

When the network is plugged 0.043

And I successfully configure Tor 17.859

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.453

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.570

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.154

And all notifications have disappeared 3.264

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.196

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.561

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.196

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.777

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.722

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.413

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.023

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.346

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.086

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.160

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.373

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146

And all notifications have disappeared 3.198

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.212

# 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 3.935

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.190

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.448

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.157

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.411

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.349

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.962

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.367

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.236

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.450

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.566

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 7.391

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.382

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.074

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	5:57.871	Passed

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