Cucumber Reports (no 7) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	7	08 Jun 2026, 08:04

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:58.174	Passed

19.328

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.371

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 12.890

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.533

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.370

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.255

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.597

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.256

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.140

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.060

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.014

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.551

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.153

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.016

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.897

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.031

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.250

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.165

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.106

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.235

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 45.757

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.619

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.501

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.401

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.417

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.993

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.072

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.911

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.744

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.965

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.056

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

And I start the computer 0.768

And the computer boots Tails 32.853

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.280

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.215

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.413

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.071

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 17.645

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.802

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.275

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.428

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 3.503

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.660

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.886

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.211

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.621

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.127

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.314

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.889

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.240

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.091

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.602

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.859

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.259

# 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 3.962

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.263

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.495

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.064

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.416

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.294

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.223

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.958

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.227

# 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" 0.244

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.148

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.038

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.241

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.409

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.097

And the network is plugged 0.016

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 0.391

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.786

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	5:58.174	Passed

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