Cucumber Reports (no 41) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	41	13 Jul 2026, 18:35

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:54.221	Passed

18.404

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.725

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 11.577

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.084

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.826

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.491

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.768

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.568

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.947

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.323

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 6.578

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.149

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.137

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.986

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.042

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.355

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.941

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.563

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.180

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.066

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.125

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.104

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.612

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.042

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.516

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.477

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.106

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.774

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.057

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.718

And the computer boots Tails 32.666

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.624

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 6.448

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.021

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.280

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.636

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.200

And all notifications have disappeared 3.366

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.663

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.827

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.185

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.712

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.789

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.403

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.094

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.889

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.398

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.934

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 6.447

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.153

And all notifications have disappeared 3.442

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.125

# 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 3.989

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.192

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.533

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.636

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.331

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.261

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.998

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.383

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.241

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.499

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 6.506

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.066

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 7.471

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.433

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992

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	5:54.221	Passed

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