Cucumber Reports (no 60) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	60	01 Aug 2026, 08:12

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:57.403	Passed

19.500

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.709

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 12.724

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.705

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 6.508

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.963

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.109

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.063

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.760

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 6.425

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.202

And I capture all network traffic 0.014

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.029

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.219

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.265

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.535

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.418

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.608

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.192

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.283

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.329

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.317

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.694

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 6.541

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.152

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 46.882

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.113

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.225

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 0.053

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

And I start the computer 0.729

And the computer boots Tails 33.090

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.345

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.245

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.556

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 17.552

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.365

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 6.489

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.163

And all notifications have disappeared 3.550

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.152

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.634

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.901

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.104

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.379

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.131

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.079

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.387

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.585

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 6.479

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.145

And all notifications have disappeared 3.733

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.674

# 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 4.420

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.560

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.747

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.363

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.256

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.228

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.368

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.232

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.901

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.495

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

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 6.913

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.382

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.126

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	5:57.403	Passed

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