Cucumber Reports (no 56) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	56	28 Jul 2026, 08:05

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:56.915	Passed

18.530

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.358

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 12.105

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.375

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.427

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.921

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.983

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.981

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.215

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 6.469

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.159

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.796

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.274

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.045

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.399

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.171

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.611

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.167

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.097

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.289

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.891

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 6.480

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.419

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 47.333

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.654

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.405

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.043

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

And I start the computer 0.682

And the computer boots Tails 32.391

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.281

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.304

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 6.455

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.078

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 17.715

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.155

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 6.448

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.183

And all notifications have disappeared 3.318

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.012

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.625

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.010

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.225

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.644

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.755

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.497

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.093

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.885

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.367

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.771

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 6.419

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.378

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.166

# 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 3.903

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.228

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.492

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.180

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.399

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.225

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.343

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.435

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.243

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.093

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 6.539

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.084

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 7.099

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.347

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 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013

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	5:56.915	Passed

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