Cucumber Reports (no 61) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	61	02 Aug 2026, 08:06

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:50.321	Passed

19.618

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.459

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 13.108

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.094

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.487

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.862

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.493

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.183

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.344

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 6.463

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.147

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.941

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.343

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.974

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.390

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.515

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 6.464

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.150

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 46.332

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.561

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.730

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.565

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.160

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.607

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.392

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.149

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 0.004

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 0.771

And the computer boots Tails 32.282

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.397

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 6.481

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.072

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.781

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.280

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 6.444

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.142

And all notifications have disappeared 3.248

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.625

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.799

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.608

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.173

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.345

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.095

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.363

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.387

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.530

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 3.393

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.048

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.751

# 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 4.193

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.659

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.177

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.332

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.239

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.900

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.400

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.250

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.802

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.399

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.078

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 7.915

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.389

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 0.340

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637

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	5:50.321	Passed

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