Cucumber Reports (no 66) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	66	09 Aug 2026, 08:00

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:41.761	Passed

18.085

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 6.224

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 11.780

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.336

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 6.211

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.094

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.031

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.931

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.521

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.278

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.165

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.229

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.104

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.291

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.370

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.032

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 6.307

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.231

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 43.792

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.695

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.740

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 6.390

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.363

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 44.023

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.957

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.348

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.531

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.110

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.757

And the computer boots Tails 29.606

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.737

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 6.185

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.069

And I successfully configure Tor 17.365

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.979

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 6.317

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.120

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.636

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.976

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.296

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.321

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.356

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.297

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.902

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.351

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.557

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 6.352

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.177

And all notifications have disappeared 3.297

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.089

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.776

# 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 4.264

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.703

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.298

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.325

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.177

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.074

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.346

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.297

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.240

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 6.336

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 7.324

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.455

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 0.358

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666

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	5:41.761	Passed

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