Cucumber Reports (no 51) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	51	23 Jul 2026, 14:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:14.634	Passed

18.571

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.791

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 11.717

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.404

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.650

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.802

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.477

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.400

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.144

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 6.742

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.201

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.295

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.878

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.434

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.536

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.918

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 6.717

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.237

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.666

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.290

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.827

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.936

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.905

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 48.475

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.501

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.584

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 0.047

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

And I start the computer 0.789

And the computer boots Tails 34.436

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.303

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.542

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.736

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.108

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 26.630

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.353

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.507

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 3.710

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.049

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.223

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.684

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.784

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.731

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.556

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.465

# 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 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.113

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 6.614

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.133

And all notifications have disappeared 3.395

And I capture all network traffic 0.018

And the network is plugged 0.023

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 4.072

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.535

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.275

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.360

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.226

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.088

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.391

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.305

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.173

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.893

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.076

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 7.336

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.835

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 0.015

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.484

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715

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	6:14.634	Passed

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