Cucumber Reports (no 47) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	47	18 Jul 2026, 08:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:6.792	Passed

19.369

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.462

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 12.839

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.514

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.523

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.309

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.417

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.197

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.322

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 6.673

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.154

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.054

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.108

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.637

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.220

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.405

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.619

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 6.528

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.212

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 46.693

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.178

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.866

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.703

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.166

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 49.883

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.105

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.686

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.070

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

And I start the computer 0.851

And the computer boots Tails 34.504

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.250

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.774

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 6.526

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 19.081

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.322

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.983

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 6.541

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.160

And all notifications have disappeared 3.126

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.658

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.948

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.215

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.667

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.735

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.401

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.941

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.368

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.309

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.098

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 6.592

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.202

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.779

# 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 4.215

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.599

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.856

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.440

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.257

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.986

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.365

# 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" 0.227

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.555

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 6.488

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.071

And the network is plugged 0.041

And Tor is ready 9.592

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.356

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 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953

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	6:6.792	Passed

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