Cucumber Reports (no 5) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	5	06 Jun 2026, 07:59

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:6.703	Passed

19.528

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.456

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 13.020

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.024

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.099

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.474

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.270

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.303

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.980

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.921

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.531

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.525

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.213

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.328

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.126

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.063

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.215

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.140

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.563

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.521

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.339

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.185

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.651

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.338

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.238

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.615

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.627

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 48.926

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.773

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.050

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.707

And the computer boots Tails 31.944

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.920

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.285

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.467

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.070

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.690

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.762

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.169

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.546

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.138

And all notifications have disappeared 3.222

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.149

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.540

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.228

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.603

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.898

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.352

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.821

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.441

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.270

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.155

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.120

And all notifications have disappeared 3.452

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.236

# 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 3.942

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.240

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.485

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.316

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.381

# "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" 1.101

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.026

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.259

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.263

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.881

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.286

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.431

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088

And the network is plugged 0.012

And Tor is ready 7.400

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.349

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.702

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:6.703	Passed

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