Cucumber Reports (no 52) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	52	24 Jul 2026, 08:10

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:15.160	Passed

20.424

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.580

When the network is plugged 0.012

And I successfully configure Tor 13.761

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.339

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.552

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.288

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.536

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.058

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.724

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 6.789

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.429

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.543

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.294

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.416

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.605

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.811

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.162

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.173

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.452

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.612

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.721

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.895

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.357

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.630

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.296

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.600

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 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given a computer 0.073

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.857

And the computer boots Tails 36.352

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.308

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.320

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.829

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.109

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 19.312

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.406

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.932

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.161

And all notifications have disappeared 3.368

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.302

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.643

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.282

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.095

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.127

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.528

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.175

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

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.022

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 6.769

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.422

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.252

# 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 4.175

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.223

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.511

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.686

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.461

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.260

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.203

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.474

# 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" 0.250

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.927

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 7.144

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.089

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.246

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.419

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 0.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.326

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.047

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	6:15.160	Passed

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