Cucumber Reports (no 54) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	54	26 Jul 2026, 08:12

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:7.860	Passed

19.818

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.686

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.065

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.025

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 6.869

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.769

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.325

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.007

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.318

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.700

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.740

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.180

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.767

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.242

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.138

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.545

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.613

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 6.683

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.194

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.976

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.751

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.823

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 6.644

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.174

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 49.382

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.616

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.124

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.151

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

And I start the computer 0.799

And the computer boots Tails 34.081

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.084

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.011

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.981

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.077

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.900

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.830

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 6.528

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.147

And all notifications have disappeared 3.409

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.239

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.623

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.279

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.776

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.277

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.377

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.459

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.430

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.095

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.752

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 3.691

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.301

# 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 4.210

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.237

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.512

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.231

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.371

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.243

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.185

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.429

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.416

# 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" 0.274

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.818

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.759

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.109

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 7.490

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.441

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	6:7.860	Passed

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